igo 7/)e Wisdom of GOD Part IL 



By Earth I here underftand not the dry Land> 

 c^r the Earth contradiftinguifh'd to Water, or the 

 Earth confider*d as an Element, but the whole 

 terraqueous Globe, ' compofed of Earth and 

 Water. 



I. For the Figure^ I could eafily demonftrate 

 it to be fpherical. That the Water, which by 

 reafon of its Fluidity fhould, one would think, 

 compofe it felf to a Level, yet doth not fo, but 

 hath a gibbofe Superficies^ may to the Eye be 

 demonftrated upon the Sea. For when two 

 Ships failing contrary ways lofe the fight one of 

 another, firft the Keel and Hull difappear, after- 

 wards the Sails; and if when upon the Deck 

 you have perfedlly loft fight of all, you get up 

 to the top of the Main-Maft, you may defcry it 

 again. Now what fhould take away the fight of 

 thefe Ships from each other but the Gibbofity of 

 the interjacent Water? The Roundnefs of the 

 Earth from North to South is demonftrated 

 from the appearance of northern Stars above the 

 Horizon, and lofs of the fouthern to them that 

 travel northward ; and on the contrary, the lofs 

 of the northern, and appearance of the fouthern 

 to them that travel fouthward. For were the 

 Earth a Plain, we fhould fee exad:ly the fame 

 Stars wherever we were placed on that Plain. 

 The Roundnefs from Eaft to Weft is demonftra- 

 ted from EcUpfes of either of the great Lumina- 

 ries, For why the fame Eclipje^ fuppole of the 

 Swi^ which is feen to them that live more eafter:^ 

 ly, when the Sun is elevated fix Degrees above 



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