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There is (faith he) one more [befides what he 

 had mentioned before] confiderable Advantage, 

 which we reap by the prefent Pofition of the 

 Earth, which 1 will here infert, becaufe I do not 

 know that it is taken notice of by any ; and it is, 

 that by the prefent Inclination of the Earth's 

 Axis to the Plane of the Ecliptick^ we who live 

 beyond 45 Degrees of Latitude, and ftand moft in 

 need of it, have more of the Sun's Heat through- 

 cfut the Year than if he had fhin'd always in the 

 Equator j that is, if we take the Sum of the Sun's 

 Actions upon us both in Summer and Winter, 

 they are greater than its Heat would be if he mo- 

 ved always in the Equator-, or which is the fame 

 thing, the Aggregate of the Sun's Heat upon us 

 while he defcribes any two oppofite Parallels, is 

 greater than it would be if in thofe two Days he 

 defcrib'd the Equator -, whereas in the Torrid 

 Zone^ and even in the Temperate, almoft as far 

 as 45 Degrees of Latitude, the Sum of the Sun's 

 Heat in Summer and Winter is lefs than it would 

 be, were the Axis of the Earth perpendicular to 

 the Plane of the Ecliptick ; for the Demonftra- 

 tion of which I refer the Reader to the Book it 

 felf. 



I think (proceeds he) this Confideration cannot 

 but lead us into a tranfcendent Admiration of the 

 divine Wijdom^ which hath placed the Earth in 

 fuch a Pofture, as brings with it feveral Conve- 

 niences beyond what we can eafily difcover with- 

 out Study and Application ; and I make no que- 

 ftion, but if the reft of the Works of Nature were 



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