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# Title: Philosophical Principles Of Natural Religion (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 53)
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Dhilotorical punciples
apon this Head oF Tavication aIl Astro-
nomy comes in, Writhoue ertrieh che ochet
avere meer gropine in che Dark; Due che
Worid is already (o sensible of the Ad.
vancases arilins from the Pocions and
Appearances oFthe Fleaventy Bodies, in thie
Maccer oF Navigation, chac I MaIl insist
no farcher on ehis Topick. but trom chis
ertole Section about the IIIC OF the MI.
tendants oF the Planets alI inter, that
cher are not mute Perlons, in this preat
Drama oE He WVorid, buc loudly pro.
claim che Wisdom and Being ot théie
Author.
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lhave alreadr Caid, their Natures Orbits,
Motions, and Sitnations, have bcen (0
lacely decermin d, (indeedit is bucoflate,
That the Astronomy OF thc Planets chem
Selres, and their Satellits has been brouohe
to any colerable Perfection, and much la-
ter Tince final Causes have been culcira-
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