NATURAL THEOLOGY 



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few instances, such as best admit of a popular 

 explication.' 



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IS, liKiiig the 



I. Amongst proofs of choice, one 

 source of light and heat in the centre of the sys- 

 tem. The sun is ignited and luminous; the pla- 

 nets, which move round him, are cold and dark. 

 There seems to be no antecedent necessity for 



^ This cut represents a telescopic view of the Svui, showing 

 some of the remarkable spots which have occasionally appeared 

 on its surface, the largest sometimes exceeding the size of the 

 whole Earth. Astronomers by closely observing the motion which 

 these spots have across the Sun's disc, and the perspective changes 

 which they undergo in assuming a foreshortened, or oval form, as 

 they approach his edge, previous to their disappearance, have 

 greatly assisted the reasoning, which proves his form to be sphe- 

 rical, and that he has a rotation on his axis. 

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