No Abiding City Yet I Seek One to Come
The author reflects on the fleeting nature of earthly dwellings and the hope for a better eternal state. He states that care for the present life is temporary and that despite discomforts an inn is only for a night, while the true home lies beyond. The text echoes the sentiment that earthly residence is temporary and a permanent city awaits.
The Works of God Displayed Astronomical Observations
The article argues fixed stars are suns with light heat and vegetation for multiple worlds, noting vast cosmic scales. It contrasts mere one sun to countless systems, naming Saturn's orbit and comets, and recalls ancient shepherds in Egypt and Babylon observing stars for guidance and symbolic animal shapes.
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Saturn
Egypt
Babylon