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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37987	A demonstration of the existence and providence of God, from the contemplation of the visible structure of the greater and the lesser world in two parts, the first shewing the excellent contrivance of the heavens, earth, sea, &c., the second the wonderful formation of the body of man / by John Edwards ...	Edwards, John, 1637-1716.	1696 (1696)	Wing E201; ESTC R13760	204,339	448

is not what it was at the beginning The Earth was not saith he Oblique to the Sun or the Axis of the Ecliptick as it is now But this is mere surmise because it is apparent that the present Situation of these Bodies is most convenient and useful and would well become the Paradisiacal State For it is this and this only that causes an Inequality of Heat and Cold from which proceeds a Variety of Seasons Hence are Spring and Autumn when the Sun touches the Equinoctial and makes the Days and Nights of an equal length twice a Year Hence are Summer and Winter when the Sun visits the Tropicks and its Rays either fall perpendicularly upon the Inhabitants or when it is removed at the greatest distance from them This is the effect of the Oblique Posture of the Sun to the Earth whereby this latter is kept in good temper and made serviceable for the use of all Creatures that proceed from it or inhabit on it It is this Vicissitude of Seasons that makes the Earth pregnant and fruitful and gives Life and Increase to all Vegetables and Animals Whereas a continual Winter or Summer would be destructive to them If the Motion of the Sun were streight and direct through the Equator Heat and Cold would be disproportion'd they would be either too much or too little and consequently the generation and growth of all Fruits and of all living Creatures would be hindred and infinite Inconveniencies would follow Of which I shall have farther occasion to speak when I come to treat distinctly of the Earth Wherefore we are oblig'd to take notice of the singular Care and Providence of God in this present disposition and posture of the Heavens We have reason to applaud the Divine Wisdom in the Language of the Psalmist Thou hast made Summer and Winter Psal. 74.17 This is a plain and sensible Demonstration of a Divine Superintendency There were some of old who fancied that the Gods substracted their Influence in the cold part of the Year And particularly it was the Conceit of the Phrygians that God slept in Winter but awaked in Summer This was the effect of their gross Ignorance and Inconsideration for it is certain that to an Intelligent and Considerate Man it will appear that Winter hath its Conveniencies proper to it and those no less than what the Summer hath Both are requisite for the Good of Mankind because thence proceeds the Alternate Diversity of Seasons which is of so great use This excellent Order and Succession of Times which are distinguish'd by a constant Variety were alledged by the Antient Christians as an undeniable proof of a God And the Gentile World was forward to own and celebrate that Wise Benefactor Qui mare terras variisque mundum Temperat horis Now we cannot deny that these Different Seasons depend wholly upon that Position and Motion of the Sun which I have been speaking of If this Bright Luminary should leave the Ecliptick and make its Course in another Line without Obliquity these would presently cease and thereupon this Lower World would soon be in Disorder and Confusion Wherefore a Wise and Observing Writer thought he had reason to spend a Chapter in setting forth the Wisdom of God in the Site and Motion of the Sun The orderly Succession of Day and Night which is from the Diurnal Motion of this Lamp of Heaven doth no less argue the Divine Wisdom and Conduct Once in four and twenty Hours all People in the World excepting a few toward the Poles have a Day and a Night And this latter which is the Shadowing of the Earth when the Sun is gone from us is as useful and necessary as the former For as a Great Naturalist speaks were it not for Darkness and the Shadow of the Earth the Noblest part of the Creation had remained unseen and the Stars in Heaven as invisible as on the Fourth day when they were created above the Horizon with the Sun and when there was not an Eye to behold them Again Night is not only for Rest and Cessation of Labour which is absolutely requisite for Mankind and other Creatures except those wild Ones those Beasts of the Forest Psal. 104.20 who creep forth when it is dark and lay them down in their Dens when the Sun ariseth and so turn Night into Day and Day into Night but for the cooling and refreshing of the Air and moistning the Earth and for receiving the proper Influences of the Moon and other Planets and of the Fixed Stars which as they shew themselves so they exert their Vigour most strongly in the Absence of the Sun Wherefore the Royal Psalmist joins both these together as equal Instances of God's Power and Providence The Day is thine the Night also is thine Psal. 74.16 And to the same purpose again Psal. 65.8 Thou makest the outgoings of the Morning and Evening to rejoice i. e. both these do praise and celebrate the Honour of their Maker and do as 't were rejoice in it There is not certainly a more convincing Argument of the wise Direction of an Almighty Being than this Daily Progress of the Sun in so much that he is said to know his going down Psal. 104.19 i. e. by the guidance of an All-knowing Actor he sets and rises in that place and at that time where and when we see he doth By the same Superintendency its Monthly and Annual Motion is performed By this it takes up its several Mansions and Lodgings as it were in the Signs through which it passes By this it compleats its Course through its several Stages in its Circuit about the World Which is thus expressed by the Psalmist His going forth is from the end of the Heaven and his circuit to the ends of it Psal. 19.6 He travels just so many Degrees toward the North and as many toward the South every Year and is bounded on both sides by the Tropicks beyond which he never stirs Therefore from this tekuphah which we render Circuit this stinted Revolution the Iewish Masters call the Tropicks Tekuphoth Who is there that doth not find himself as 't were forced to believe a God when he considers these things which cannot possibly be without an Intellectual Guide without a Principle that acts from Wisdom and Counsel Yea after all if the Copernican Hypothesis should be true i. e. if the Earth rolls about on its Center and so turns it self to the Sun in its various Positions yet still there are the same Effects of this that there were of the other Revolution the Good and Benefit of Mankind are promoted and the Power and Goodness of the Great Benefactor are declared Secondly The Moon though it be the lowest of all the Planets and about 40 times less than the Earth yet it is a Faithful Witness in Heaven of those foresaid Perfections of the Deity It is but an Opake Body it is but the Sun Reflex'd it is no other than a