The Mathematical and Philosophical Works of the Right Rev. John Wilkins ...: To which is Prefixed the Author's Life and an Account of His Works, Volum 1C. Whittingham, 1802 |
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Side xv
... diurnal motion of the sun or heavens , are fairly capable of another interpretation III . That the holy ghost in many places of scripture does plainly conform his expressions to the error of our con- ceits , and does not speak of sundry ...
... diurnal motion of the sun or heavens , are fairly capable of another interpretation III . That the holy ghost in many places of scripture does plainly conform his expressions to the error of our con- ceits , and does not speak of sundry ...
Side 142
... annual motion about it , as being one of the planets . Thirdly , its diurnal revolution , whereby it caused day and night . To his second reason I answer ; first , that Pythagoras thought the earth to be one of the planets ( as appears ...
... annual motion about it , as being one of the planets . Thirdly , its diurnal revolution , whereby it caused day and night . To his second reason I answer ; first , that Pythagoras thought the earth to be one of the planets ( as appears ...
Side 149
... diurnal motion of the sun or heavens . IT T were happy for us , if we could exempt scripture from . philosophical controversies : if we could be content to let it be perfect for that end unto which it was intended , for a rule of our ...
... diurnal motion of the sun or heavens . IT T were happy for us , if we could exempt scripture from . philosophical controversies : if we could be content to let it be perfect for that end unto which it was intended , for a rule of our ...
Side 150
... diurnal motion is caused by the heavens . To this I answer in general ; That the Holy Ghost in these scripture expressions , is pleased to accommodate himself unto the conceit of the vulgar , and the usual opinion : whereas , if in the ...
... diurnal motion is caused by the heavens . To this I answer in general ; That the Holy Ghost in these scripture expressions , is pleased to accommodate himself unto the conceit of the vulgar , and the usual opinion : whereas , if in the ...
Side 195
... annual motion it did describe that imaginary circle : and in the plane of the equator , if by its diurnal motion about its own axis , it did make several parallels , the midst of which should be the equator . From whence it appears ...
... annual motion it did describe that imaginary circle : and in the plane of the equator , if by its diurnal motion about its own axis , it did make several parallels , the midst of which should be the equator . From whence it appears ...
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Side 167 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Side 154 - Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
Side 177 - They go up by the mountains; They go down by the valleys Unto the place which thou hast founded for them. Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; That they turn not again to cover the earth.
Side 172 - And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood ; and the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig-tree casteth her untimely figs when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
Side 141 - I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear : But now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Side 121 - And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shall thou eat all the days of thy life...
Side 177 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb...
Side 127 - He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, And hangeth the earth upon nothing. He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds ; And the cloud is not rent under them.
Side 168 - If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be.
Side 109 - That it is possible for some of our posterity to find out a conveyance to this other world, and if there be inhabitants there, to have commerce with them.