The Mosaic History of the Creation of the World Illustrated by Discoveries and Experiments Derived from the Present Enlightened State of Science; With Reflections, Intended to Promote Vital and Practical Religion

CHAPTER V.

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FOURTH DAY.

_Section_ I.--THE SUN.

Signs -- Names -- Nature -- Motions -- Form -- Magnitude -- Distance -- Suspension -- Idolatrous worship of the Sun -- The Sun an emblem of Christ. p. 183-198.

_Section_ II.--THE MOON.

Names -- Dimensions -- Motions -- Seasons -- Phases -- Harvest Moon -- Moon’s Surface -- Aerial Stones -- Eclipses -- Moonlight -- Epithets -- Religious Improvement. p. 198-214.

_Section_ III.--THE SEASONS.

Seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter -- Displaying Divine Power, Wisdom, Goodness, Faithfulness -- Religious Improvement. p. 214-223.

_Section_ IV.--THE PLANETS AND FIXED STARS.

Mercury -- Venus -- The Earth -- Mars -- Ceres -- Pallas -- Juno --Vesta -- Jupiter -- Saturn -- Georgium Sidus -- Comets -- Fixed Stars -- Religious Improvement. p. 223-278.