A defence of the divine system of the world; which represents the earth as being at rest, and the heavenly bodies in motion about it, with a demonstration of the fallacy of the solar system. To which is added, a reply to an anonymous critic |
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aberration of light affert aftronomers againſt alfo alſo angle apparent place appear aſcertained atmoſphere becauſe calculations cauſe centre comet confequently confiderable confidered courſe darkneſs decreaſe degrees deſcribed diameter diſcovered diſtance divine earth ecliptic elevated equal eſtabliſh faid fame feems feen fenfible fhadow fhall fhew fince firſt fituated folar fyftem folftice folid fome fpeculative ftars fubject fuch fufficient fun's fuppofed fupport furely furface globe greateſt heat heavenly bodies heavens himſelf increaſe itſelf latitude leaft leaſt leſs light mathematical matter meaſure meridian moft moon moon's moſt motion muſt neceffary Newtonian obfervations oppofite orbit parallax philofophers planets poffefs poffible prefent purpoſe Pythagoras raiſed reaſon refraction reft reſpect retrogade ſaid ſay ſcience ſeems ſeen ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould Sir Ifaac Newton ſmall ſolar ſyſtem ſpace ſtars ſtated ſuch ſuppoſed ſyſtem thefe theory theſe theſe things thofe thoſe thouſand tonian true place truth univerſe uſeful velocity
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Page viii - Rejoice ye with Jerufalem, and be glad with her all ye that love her; rejoice for joy with her all ye that mourn for her ; that ye may fuck and be fatisfied with the breafts of her confolations ; that ye may milk out and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
Page 69 - them in the firmament to give light on the earth, and to rule over the day, and over the night, and to divide the light from the darknefs ; and God faw
Page 69 - And God made the beaft of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after
Page 69 - Let the water bring forth abundantly the moving creature that has life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament, the
Page 24 - brake forth, as if it had iflued out of the womb ? when I made the cloud the garment thereof and thick darknefs a fwadling band for it, and brake up for it my decreed place
Page 68 - (the heaven) to divide the day from the night, and let them be for figns, and for feafons, and for days, and for years, and let them be for lights in the firmament to give light
Page 69 - And to every beaft of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every creeping thing
Page 68 - the fame day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven
Page 24 - cloud the garment thereof and thick darknefs a fwadling band for it, and brake up for it my decreed place and fet bars and doors; and faid,
Page 69 - brought forth abundantly after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind, and God faw