Mathematical and Philosophical Works

sense of Death within himself. But in the height of his Pain and Apprehensions of Death, he showed no Dismay or Surprise, nor was he ever heard to utter a word unbecoming a Wise Man, or a true Christian. And thus he concluded his days with constancy of mind, contempt of the world, and cheerful hopes of a blessed eternity, through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. He died in the house of his friend Dr. Tillotson John Tillotson, later Archbishop of Canterbury., in Chancery-lane in London, on the 19th of November, 1672, and was buried on the 12th of December following, under the North Wall of the Chancel of the Church of St. Lawrence Jewry, where he had formerly been minister. His Funeral Sermon was preached by Dr. William Lloyd, then Dean of Bangor (now Lord Bishop of Worcester), at the Guildhall-Chapel in London; by which, those who are curious may be satisfied that every part of the character given him here may be justified to advantage.

As a further proof of this, and particularly of his unwearied endeavors to promote universal knowledge, it is proper to subjoin a catalogue of his works.

1. The first was entitled, The Discovery of a New World; or, A Discourse tending to prove, That ('tis probable) there may be another Habitable World in the Moon. Printed at London in 4to. 1638, and had four editions, the last in 1684.

2. Discourse concerning the Possibility of a Passage to the World in the Moon. Printed with the Discovery.

3. Discourse concerning a New Planet; tending to prove, that ('tis probable) our Earth is one of the planets. London, 1640, in 8vo.

The author's name is put to none of the three, but they were so well known to be his that Langrenus Michael Florent van Langren, a Flemish astronomer., in his Map of the Moon (dedicated to the King of Spain), calls one of the spots of his Selenographick Map A map of the moon's surface. after his name.

4. Mercury; or, The Secret Messenger: Showing how a man may with privacy and speed communi-