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well obferv^d, we (hould find feveral Advantages 

 which accrue to us by their prefent Conftitution, 

 which are far beyond the Ufes of them that are 

 yet difcover'd 5 by which it will plainly appear, 

 that God hath chofen better for us than we could 

 have done for our felves. 



If any Man fhould objedl and fay, it would be 

 more convenient for the Inhabitants of the Earth 

 if the Tropicks flood at a greater diftance, and 

 the Sun mov'd further northward and fouthward, 

 for fo the North and South Parts would be re- 

 lieved, and not expos'd to fo extreme Cold, and 

 thereby rendered uninhabitable, as now they are: 



To this I anfwer, That this would be more 

 inconvenient to the Inhabitants of the Earth in 

 general, and yet would afford the North and 

 Houth Parts but little more Comfort ; for then as 

 much as the Diftances between the Tropicks were 

 enlarged, fo much would alfo the Artick and 

 Antartick Circles be enlarg'd too; and fo we here 

 in Englandy and fo on northerly, fhould not have 

 that grateful and ufeful Succeflion of Day and 

 Night, but proportionably to the Sun's coming 

 towards us, fo would our Days be of more than 

 Twenty-four Hours Length \ and according to 

 his recefs in Winter, our Nights proportionable ; 

 which how great an Inconvenience it would be, 

 is eafily feen ; whereas now the whole Latitude 

 of the Earth, which hath at any time above 

 twenty-four Hours Day and twenty-four Hours 

 Night, is little and inconfiderable in comparifon 



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