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li{ erc ' seventh is, That the Bodies ofan< ^ Venus, in their lower Con-with the Sun, are hid behind thetio ris 0i y; and, in the upper Conjunc-

° r ^ ^ Cen to P a ^ s over tbie ^ un * s Body\Vjj- * _ in form of a black round Spot:itup ss ls necessary in the Copernican, butXv jb le in the Ptolomean System.

Mi] c t ‘ ^ HE eighth is, That the Times in^ ^ Conjunctions, Oppositions, Stations 7

3r e etr °gradations of the Planets happen,b artjJ 0<: as they would he, were the

fu c ^ at rest in its Orbit; but preciselyVrould happen, were the Earth to3boy * an d all the Planets in the PeriodsQ >i4 a ®gned them : And therefore this ,^Of\j ot her, can be the true Syjlem of theof - > and it will stand the eternal Test\Q tUre Ages, for, Mighty is theop Truth, and shall prevail.the H though the Planets all move round* n Orbits commonly supposed cir-l k a { * ^ e t are they not exactly so, but ellip-^Wr forstl of an Ellipsis, whichV s vulgarly called an Oval, as ABc all^ ef ' c ribed about two Centres S, F,Ve Foci, or Focal Points of the EI-l he ^ Point C is the Centre; A PJ£ls> or longest Diameter; and B D

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