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conceivable, fo palpable a defedb ought to put an end to that Syftem, 

 and convince every one that Planets are moved immediately and 

 diredly by Mind, not by an Impulfe given them fo many thoufand 

 years ago. 



As to the duration of our Syftem, we may, I think, be affured, 

 that it will never ceafe by any Material Caufe, or through any defed: 

 of Machinery. But, at the fame time, we know from the beft autho- 

 rity, that there will fome time or another be a new Heaven and a 

 new Earth ; and we are taught by Philofophy, that all Material 

 Things are in a conftant flux and viciflitude of generation and cor- 

 ruption — that even Minds change -and that there is nothing ftable, 

 eternal, and unchangeable except Cod. 



I N I S. 



