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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19818That the Earth may be a Planet.
2. A ſervile and ſuperſtitious fear of de-
rogating from the Authority of the Anci-
ents, or oppoſing that meaning of Scripture
phraſes, wherein the ſuppoſed infallible
Church hath for a long time underſtood
them.
’Tis made part of the new Creed,
ſet forth by Pius the Fourth, 1564.
That no
Man ſhould aſſent unto any interpretation of
Scripture, which is not approved of by the
Authority of the Fathers.
And this is the
reaſon why the Jeſuits, who are otherwife
the greateſt affectors of thoſe Opinions,
which ſeem to be new and ſubtil, do yet
forbear to ſay any thing in defence of this;
but rather take all occaſions to inveigh a-
gainſt it.
One of them does 11Serrari-
us Com-
men in
J oſ. c. 10.
Queſt. 14.
condemn it for a Hereſy.
And ſince him,
it hath been called in by two Seſſions of the Cardinals, as being an Opinion both ab-
ſurd and dangerous.
And therefore like-
22So Lipſius
Phiſiol l.2.
wiſe do they puniſh it, by caſting the De-
33An. Dom.
1616. item
1633.
fenders of it into the Pope’s trueſt Purga-
tory, the Inquiſition:
But yet neither theſe
Councels, nor any (that I know of) ſince
them, have proceeded to ſuch a peremptory
cenſure of it, as to conclude it a Hereſy:
fearing perhaps, leſt a more exact examina-
tion, and the diſcovery of future times, ſind-
ing it to be an undeniable Truth, it might
redound to the prejudice of their Church,
and its Infallibility.
And therefore he that
is moſt bitter againſt it, in the heat and vio-
lence of Oppoſition, will not call it a Here-
ſy:
the worſt that he dares ſay of it,

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