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wehave no Argument to the contrary why they fhould 
not, nor is this way of Reaforiing from the Agreement 
in fome to alike Agreement of Qcbejf precarious, fioce 
'tis the moft ufual Method of difQovcring the. infenfible 
Parts of the World by their Similitude to the more 
Senfible, asin Anatomy wejudge of the Parts of a Crea- 
ture, by the Similitude we find they have to the Parts of 
fome other before known. From this Topiok there- 
fore he thinks we may fafely conclude that the other 
Planets have lolid Bodies, and Gravity towards their 
Centers, as the Earth hathfince? we find them to have 
the fame Figure, and the fame Motions, and the fame 
Concomitants, and that they have Atmofpheres and Air, 
and Water, d^c. And fince it would be too great a Deprc- 
tiatingofthem, and a too much Over-valuing of the 
Earth, to fuppofe them not to be likewife Adorned with 
the more admirable Produdions and Fabricks of Plants, 
and Animals, which more evidently manifeft the Wif^ 
dom and Defign of the Divine Archite^l, which we find 
the Earth to beHnriched and Beautified with.But to fup- 
pofe them only lifeiefs Lumps of Matter ; as Earth, Wa- 
ter, &c. Or vaft Deierts, barren Mountains, Rooks, 
rjrc. This he fays would fink them too much below. the 
Earth in Beauty and Dignity, which this Method of 
Reafoning will in no vvile permit. He conceives there- 
fore we muft fuppofe, and bwlieve them to have Animals 
as well as the Earth ^ and To of neceffity Plants for their 
Nourifl-mient. And thefe poflibly not much different 
fromthofewe have, both as to their outward Form, 
and as to their internal Strufture, and as to their Me- 
thod of Produftion, or Propagation, and their Increafe 
or Growth. And that if there be any Difference, moft 
probably it muPt arife from the differing Diftances of 
thofe Globes from the Sun, which is more likely to affcvfi 
the Matter than the Form. Wherefore though we can- 
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