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.
Page: 181 ((1))
[56.] PROP. II.
Page: 201 (21)
[57.] PROP. III.
Page: 215 (35)
[58.] PROP. IV.
Page: 236 (56)
[59.] PROP. V. That the Scripture, in its proper conſtru-ction, does not any where affirm the Immobility of the Earth.
Page: 246 (66)
[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.
Page: 258 (78)
[61.] PROP. VII. Tis probable that the Sun is in the Gentre of the World.
Page: 279 (99)
[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.
Page: 286 (106)
[63.] Provebimur portu, terræque, verbeſq; recedunt.
Page: 288 (108)
[64.] PROP. IX. That it is more probable the Earth does move, than the Sun or Heavens.
Page: 321 (141)
[65.] PROP. X. That this Hypotheſis is exactly agreeable to common appearances.
Page: 342 (162)
[66.] Quicunq; ſolam mente præcipiti petit
Page: 360 (180)
[67.] Brevem replere non valentis ambitum, # Pudebit aucti nominis.
Page: 361 (181)
[68.] FINIS.
Page: 364 (184)
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            wards, being once ſevered from its proper
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            place. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2135" xml:space="preserve">And this were reaſon enough, why
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s2137" xml:space="preserve">I anſwer, This diſtinction is only appliable
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            to ſuch natural Powers as can ſuſpend their
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            Acts; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2138" xml:space="preserve">and will not hold in Elementary Qua-
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            lities, whoſe very Eſſence does neceſſarily re-
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            quire an exerciſe of the ſecond Act, as you
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            may eaſily diſcern by an Induction of all the
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            reſt. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2139" xml:space="preserve">I cannot ſay, that Body has in it the qua-
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            lity of Heat, Coldneſs, Drineſs, Moiſture,
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            Hardneſs, Softneſs, &</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2140" xml:space="preserve">c. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2141" xml:space="preserve">Which for the preſent
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            has not the ſecond Act of theſe qualities. </s>
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            if you mean by the eſſence of them, a Power
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            unto them: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s2143" xml:space="preserve">why, there is not any natural bo-
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            dy but has a Power to them all.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s2145" xml:space="preserve">From that which hath been ſaid concerning
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            the Nature of Gravity, it will follow, That if a
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            man were above the Sphere of this Magnetical
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            Virtue, which proceeds from the Earth, he
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            might there ſtand as firmly as in the open Air,
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            as he can now upon the ground: </s>
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            ly ſo, but he may alſo move with far greater
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            ſwiftneſs, than any living Creatures here be-
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            low, becauſe then he is without all Gravity,
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            being not attracted any way, and ſo conſequent-
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            ly will not be liable to ſuch impediments, as
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            may in the leaſt manner reſiſt that kind of Mo-
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            tion which he ſhall apply himſelf unto.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s2148" xml:space="preserve">If you yet enquire, how we may conceive
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            it poſſible, that a condenſed Body ſhould not
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