So in the Ptolemaic system of concentric spheres making the heavens, the sphere of the moon would "comprehend and contain" the earth. Perhaps we might substitute some consideration like the following: that the orbit of the primary planet carries with it and in a manner contains the orbit of the satellite: earth and earth-way carry and involve moon and moon-way; while the sun carries all the planets, and all their 'ways' or orbits.

Of God and His Creatures: 2.46