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Page 31
... strange Con- fufion is it to imagine , that while in Venus , in the Moon , in Mars , and in Jupiter , if not in all the other Planets and heavenly Bodies be- fides , there is fuch a diurnal Rotation , as feve- rally produces a regular ...
... strange Con- fufion is it to imagine , that while in Venus , in the Moon , in Mars , and in Jupiter , if not in all the other Planets and heavenly Bodies be- fides , there is fuch a diurnal Rotation , as feve- rally produces a regular ...
Page 34
... strange con- fufion is it for us to imagine that the fingle Earth , which is now confefs'd by all to be fituate between Mars above , and Venus below it ; while all the reft of the Planets , Saturn with his Satellites , Jupiter with his ...
... strange con- fufion is it for us to imagine that the fingle Earth , which is now confefs'd by all to be fituate between Mars above , and Venus below it ; while all the reft of the Planets , Saturn with his Satellites , Jupiter with his ...
Page 71
... strange , that Jupiter's Clouds lie more copioufly and regularly in fuch a Parallel Situ- ation , than ours do , if we remember the vaftly greater Magnitude of Jupiter , than of our Earth ; and its much quicker diurnal Revolu- F 4 tion ...
... strange , that Jupiter's Clouds lie more copioufly and regularly in fuch a Parallel Situ- ation , than ours do , if we remember the vaftly greater Magnitude of Jupiter , than of our Earth ; and its much quicker diurnal Revolu- F 4 tion ...
Page 73
... strange , they hardly know what it is that caufes thofe Vari- eties : For though we ftand conveniently to fee what it is , and know it to be a mighty Ring encompaffing Saturn's Body ; yet is it not fo eafy for any in Saturn to difcover ...
... strange , they hardly know what it is that caufes thofe Vari- eties : For though we ftand conveniently to fee what it is , and know it to be a mighty Ring encompaffing Saturn's Body ; yet is it not fo eafy for any in Saturn to difcover ...
Page 285
... strange , and , when the Chriftian Books were written , moft highly improbable Events ; all which have eminently and notorioufly come to pafs in the Face of all the World , as the molt convin- cing Demonstrations of the Verity and ...
... strange , and , when the Chriftian Books were written , moft highly improbable Events ; all which have eminently and notorioufly come to pafs in the Face of all the World , as the molt convin- cing Demonstrations of the Verity and ...
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