196 T/^eWisDouof GOD Part If. 

 Interpretation be given of fuch Places as feem to 

 contradid: it. Hovvbeit, becaufe feme pious 

 Perfons may be offended at fuch an Opinion, as 

 favouring of Novelty, thinking it inconfiftent 

 with Divine Revelation, I fhall not pofitively 

 affert it, only propofe it as an Hypothefn not al- 

 together improbable. Suppofing then, that the 

 Earth doth move about upon its ov^n Poles, and 

 in the Ecliptick about the Sun, I fhall fhew 

 hov^ admirably its Situation and Motion are 

 contrived for the Conveniency of Man, and o- 

 ther Animals : Which I cannot do more fully 

 and clearly than Dr. More hath already done in 

 his Aiitidote againji Atheijm^ whofe Words there- 

 fore I fhall borrov^. 



Firft, Speaking of the Varalleltjm of the Axis 

 of the Earthy he faith, I demand w^hether it be 

 better to have the Axis of the Earth fteady and 

 perpetually parallel to it felf, or to have it care- 

 lefly tumble this way and that way as it happens, 

 or at leaft very varioufly and intricately ? And- 

 you cannot but anfwer me, it is better to have 

 it fteady and parallel \ for in this lies the neceffa- 

 ry Foundation of the Art of Navigation and Di- 

 alling. For that fteady Stream of Particles, 

 which is fuppofed to keep the Axis of the Earth 

 parallel to it felf, affords the Mariner both his 

 Cymjura^ and his Compafs. The Load-Jlone and 

 the Load-Jlar depend both upon this. The Load- 

 Jione^ as I could demonftrate, were it not too 

 great a Digreffion 5 and the Load-Jlar., becaufe 

 that which keeps the Axis parallel to it felf, 

 I makes 



