24 The Universe* 



CHAP. II. 



Of the Universe. 



TO any one, who looks about him in 

 the world, there at:e obvious several dis- 

 tinct masses of matter, separate from one 

 another ; some whereof have discernable 

 motions. These are the sun, the fixed 

 stars, the comets, and the planets, amongst 

 which this earth, which we inhabit, is 

 one. All these are visible to our naked 

 eyes. 



Besides these, telescopes have discov 

 ered several fixed stars, invisible to the 

 naked eye ; and several other bodies mo- 

 ving about some of the planets ; all which 

 were invisible and unknown, before the 

 use of prospective glasses was found. 



The vast distances between these great 

 bodies, are called intermundane spaces ; 

 in which though there maybe some fluid 

 matter, yet it is so thin and subtile ; and 

 there is so little of that in respect of the 



