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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20929That the Earth may be a Planet. but a Point of this Globe of Earth: therefore
the words cannot be underſtood properly,
but according to appearance.

'Tis proba-
11Toſtat. irs 
locum. 
Quaſt. 16, 
17. 
Arias 
Montanus 
in locum.
ble that Joſhua was then at Azecha, a little 
Eaſt from Gibeon, and the Sun being ſome-
what beyond the Meridian, did ſeem unto 
him, as he was in that place, to be over 
againſt Gibeon; 

and in reference to this ap-
pearance, and vulgar conceit, does he com-
mand it to ſtand ſtill upon that place.

(2.) And ſo, ſecondly, for that other ex-
preſſion; And thou Moon in the Valley of Aja-
lon. This Planet was now a little Eaſt from
the Sun, it being about three or four days
old, as Commentators gueſs. Ajalon was
22Toſtat: it.
Quæſt. 18.
Serrarius
in Joſh. IO.
Quæſt. 21,
22. three miles from Gibeon Eaſtward, and Fo-
ſhua commanded the Moon to ſtand ſtill
there; becauſe unto him it did then ſeem to
be over againſt that Valley; whereas, ’tis cer-
tain, if he had been there himſelf, it would
ſtill have ſeemed to be as much diſtant from
him. Juſt as Men commonly ſpeak in ſhew-
ing another the Stars; we point to a Star
over ſuch a Chimney, or ſuch a Tree, be-
cauſe to us it appears ſo; whereas the Star
in it ſelf is not ſenſibly more over them, than
it is over us. So that in this phraſe likewiſe
the Holy Ghoſt doth conform himſelf unto
the appearance of things, and our groſſer
conceit.

(3.) And the Sun ſtood ſtill in the midſt of
Heaven. Now to ſpeak properly, and as
the thing is in it ſelf, Heaven has no midſt
but the Centre; and therefore, this

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1. Page 90, Sentence 4:Over the Seas he might have Ships, and over //the Land Horſes, but he muſt have Wings be-//fore he could get up thither.

2. Page 141, Sentence 1:The Prieſt of Saturn relating to Plutarch //(as he feigns it) the nature of theſe Selenites, //told him, they were of divers diſpoſitions, //ſome deſiring to live in the lower parts of the //Moon, where they might look downwards //upon us, while others were more ſurely moun-//ted aloft, all of them ſhining like the Rays of //the Sun, and as being Victorious, are Crow-//ned with Garlands made with the Wings of //Euſtathia or Gonſtancie.

3. Page 156, Sentence 15:whereas being /// high, they can keep themſelves up, and ſoar a-//bout by the meer extenſion of their Wings. //

4. Page 171, Sentence 2:’Tis not perhaps impoſſible, that a man //may be able to Fly, by the application of Wings to his //own body;

5. Page 171, Sentence 6:If there be ſuch a great Ruck in Madagaſcar, as 11Mr. Bur. //ton. cus Polus the Venetian mentions, the Feathers in whoſe //Wings are twelve Foot long, which can ſoop up a Horle //22Melanch. //pa. 2. ſect. 2 //mem. 3. and his Rider, or an Elephant, as our Kites do a Mouſe; //

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