The discovery of a world in the moone . n argument of force for any ! n a^^ \ ^^o%hy whichr^^ynot bee picked out of his iMMittitiiMi gjj^,H,jm^^BI*fjf1^»«irti»taiw 11 iMii*»-nulMiiMBi^ ofane-9i>World. ^5 his writings, and therefore tisliRelyif there were inreafonanecelfity gt* one onely world^that hoe WQuld have found outfoire fuch neceflary proofc asmight confirmc it : EipcciaJlylince hee labours for it ibmuchin two whole Chapters. Butnow all the arguments which hehimfelfe urges in this fubjca, ^^ cs^karc very weake and farre enough , i 8. ^.from having in them any con-vincing power
The discovery of a world in the moone . n argument of force for any ! n a^^ \ ^^o%hy whichr^^ynot bee picked out of his iMMittitiiMi gjj^,H,jm^^BI*fjf1^»«irti»taiw 11 iMii*»-nulMiiMBi^ ofane-9i>World. ^5 his writings, and therefore tisliRelyif there were inreafonanecelfity gt* one onely world^that hoe WQuld have found outfoire fuch neceflary proofc asmight confirmc it : EipcciaJlylince hee labours for it ibmuchin two whole Chapters. Butnow all the arguments which hehimfelfe urges in this fubjca, ^^ cs^karc very weake and farre enough , i 8. ^.from having in them any con-vincing power. Therefore tislikely that a pUiratity of worldsdoth not contradift any princi-ple of reafon. HoweverJ willfetdowncthe twochiefeof hisarguments from his owncworkes^and from them you maygucfle the force of the ]4 I is this^fmce every heavy ^ doth naturally tend down-wards^ and every light body up-wards^ what a hudling and con-fuhon muft there bee if therewere two places for gravity and^ aces for lightncffc: for it IS. De Cslo IS probable that the Earth of:that other World would falldowne to this Center 5 and fomutually the aire and tire herealcend to thofe R^egions in theother, whichmuftneedesmuchderogate from the providenceot nature, andcaufea great dif-order in his workes. To this? I anfwere, that if you will con-iider the nature of gravity, youwill plainely fee there is noground to feareanyfiich confu-lion, for heavineflTe is nothingclle but fuch a quality as caufesa propenfion in its fubjeft totend downcwards towards itsowne Centre, fo tli^t for fbnieof that earth to come hitherwould not bee laid a fall but anafcenlion ^ iince it moved fromits , and this would bee impolTible ( faith Ruvi) )bccaule againft nature, andthcrctore no more to bee fea-red than the falling of the Hea-vens. Another I ^^HT- iltM^iiteMuAMIIMiMMMMMMH
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