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overturned the very foundation of this fashionable 

 hypothesis? What then brings them back, when 

 they have travelled so immensely far beyond the 

 sphere of the solar attraction] And what whirls 

 them on, when, by the laws of gravitation, they 

 would immediately drop into the solar firel 



What is the sun itself] It is, undoubtedly, the 

 most glorious of all the inanimate creatures. And 

 its use we know : God made it to rule the day. It i 



" Of this great world both eye and soul/' 



But who knows of what substance it is composed? 

 Or even, .whether it be fluid or solid ? What are 

 those spots on his surface, that are continually chan- 

 ging] What are those that always appear in the 

 same place ] What is its real magnitude ] Which 

 shall we embrace, amidst the immense variety of 

 opinions ] Mr. W r histon, indeed, says, that eminent 

 astronomers are nearly agreed upon this head : but 

 they cannot agree concerning his magnitude, till 

 they agree concerning his distance. And how far 

 are they from this ] The generality of them believe 

 that he is near a hundred millions of miles from the 

 earth. Others suppose it to be twenty, some twelve 

 millions : and last comes Dr. Rogers, and brings a 

 clear and full demonstration, so he terms it, that 

 they are not three millions from each other. What 



