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‘ iT is more rational to suppose themQives ^out tHe Sun, than that thehocf ^° d * es os the Planets, the stupendous^ os the Sun, and the immense Fir*tl le r ^ erit °s Stars, should all move roundtty Considerable Body of the Earth every^'four Hours.
is arv ’ Earth moving round the Sun
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t'uiv 7 a ‘ JIG to that general Harmony, andh odie r s 3 ^haw, which all other moving
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Of the System observe, viz. "That$ub^ Uares °f t ^ >e P ert °di ca l 'Times are as the^ 6S ^ Je Distances: But if the Sun moveEarth, that Law is destroyed,Jsj at general Order and Symmetry of^oterrupted; since according tot ev . _ avv the Sun would be so far fromabout the Earth in 365 Days,Y ea lt 'Would require no less than 5196IV tQ accom phlh one Revolution.
tiniv Again : Did the Sun observe thebay Gr ^. Eaw, and yet revolve in 365•> lQ S ’ his Distance ought not to be abovei t j heiuidiameters of the Earth; whereasS e ® af V to prove it is really above 20000y Weters distant from us.
The Sun is the Fountain of Lightthe <T eat » which it irradiates through allysteiir; and therefore it ought to be
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