Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-02-19

THOUGHTS coscERsINc spAcz.

TT has been maintained as 3 principte,
BY certain ph,loseqasr that Space, or sS
trnien, has pasils e'being. wne;faer mat
Iss. cor body, sexlssvd q: NOT; and fndees
with some osgteeef eiaus,blny, ior Space
or exsennoo, does apfe&r tosbe sameinns
,hai has ever existed It seems boundless
and s,erual; nor can we conceive OF space
rs aot bsiug. II il penetrate body, as as
sessei BY ,neae philosophers We may
conceive ali creation annlhliated, Dot We
caaa5, af er ih&s, 81 maca a. Ia th2agn1
concesve now acsr ca1 bs snaih,lased !;
besides, the being Of matter, or body, ne
cesssriiy preves.ae pre- exlssence OF opsce
because wsthou 4 ma rer, or body, could
pot..uba.sl bus Space, or esteEion see ms
necessarily 10 sab s,ss by and OF itseit,whe.
iher mater or BODY. existed or neti nor
: does s. seem 70 want any thing 10 ptodnce
it, or 10 support is beng; besides, II
seems 10 possess psppertifs aad attributes
also, Is lvngi h. b e;ash, depth and capa
cny Of reeryiag mater, or body, without
cad; aud If sc suppose as penelrsting mat
ter, il will appear 70 be self ex steu', eteF'
3 nal. inhuiie, emnpresont, irnmataOle, &c
nd because OF hsse seeming attributes
certain philosophers have auemptso 70
prove thas Space IS God.
Iadssd / Spa,s b. something thatrrsi.
" exists rthtsnt Us if II hath a Posllve
sbsieg, i, mss br either seliezisteat, or 1t
mus be created; for we cannot conceive
4 of Space as no, being, as We before obseTv
ed. c.isst qoently i cannot be c'esteds aod
II spot crsaed Il w,ll be hard to deny the
consequence. bot tho, is mossbe Gp'',
Ged. SAY hey, is eternal, SO IS space
he is inhni,e, SO IS Space; hs - t'rnnipre.
ssn,. SO is Space. which peoeraies 81
things; God is rmmu' able, SO, say iaey;
is Space, j rtme,ns the same futevef,
aud ,hus BY surprising Space 90 be some
,h,re, when Ia real II IS the n-ga'ioa OF
all eressrd be ny. ihey lay a tatse tounda-
lion upon ~ hieh their Hypothesis 's esta
b!lshsd 10 prove thA, Spaes, or e&isnaoa'
8 is God.
Letas try if this foundation w'iibsar Up
the weighs of the supesssructnre 'hsss pni'
Slosophers nave bu,lsupoa II; and u We cao
d. molisn the foo1datian the supersEuetefs
mus, fall; and the properties and attrleus5
viii CHI they assrlbe &c 5 ace or estsh ipa
will be iousd at las, TO exisr only IN me
brain of those who assert their existence.
Spacy. or extrntien, is q relative term
and presupposes The being OF matter, or
body, in the origisal conception OF the
tern. il denotes distance between ooeies,
asd consists of inches, yards and "a
for instance, supp Sc the distance oeSwesn
Alexandra and Baltimore be 60 miles, Is
nos the space between Alexsaor'a ana pa
timore 90 miles long; buslt all this opaee
be fan Of solid body, would no, this Space
be spaib,iased, and would not solid body
exis.in he rooE, OF Space: Aga'a, sup,
sc the distance, or Space sotwsea the
sar.h and the onto be one milllon OF
miles. and suppose The one haf or ne
moons diameter extended to the earth. the
moon's ceurre remaining where II issw@uld
M, ,he rrooo touch the earth. aud do We
NO, perceive that one million OF miles OF
SPACE thar DOW subsisss between the earth
and the moaa would sofaliy disappear and
Be accumulated as darkness IS snnihllated
before the rising sun how thea can Space,
or extepIop, be self existent, eternal, mn
mite, omnipresent, inmatsoss' ssoce II
may always be liable TO change snd mas no
positive being? Therefore, Space, or sS-
,eption. capuo; be God.
The same properties au6 attributes may
With equal psoprlety be given 70 darkness
fosdarkness and Space, before the Creation
of l.gh, and mattel, must needs &c e.eva'
together. and would recommence their co
e,alreign it creation was annihllatsd, io'
as darkness is only the privation OF hight,
co is space the priva.ion of body.
Let u. now see If Space penetrate matter