Foscarini, Paolo Antonio, An epistle to fantoni, 1661

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              ken in its ſtrict denomination) ought to be in the loweſt part of
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              the World, and ſince that in a Sphere there is no part lower
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              then the Centre, Hell ſhall be, as it were, in the Centre of the
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              World, which being of a Spherical Figure, it muſt follow, that
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              Hell is either in the Sun (foraſmuch as it is ſuppoſed by this Hy­
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              potheſis to be in the Centre of the World) or elſe ſuppoſing
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              that Hell is in the Centre of the Earth, if the Earth ſhould move
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              about the Sun, it would neceſſarily enſue, that Hell, together
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              with the Earth, is in Heaven, and with it revolveth about the third
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              Heaven; than which nothing more abſurd can be ſaid or imagi­
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              ned.</s>
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              Hell is in the
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              centre of the
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              Earth, not of the
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              World.
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              <s>The fifth Claſſis, is of thoſe Authorities which alwayes op­
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              poſe Heaven to the Earth, and ſo again the Earth to Heaven; as
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              if there were the ſame relation betwixt them, with that of the
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              Centre to the Circumference, and of the Circumference to the
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              Centre. </s>
              <s>But if the Earth were in Heaven, it ſhould be on one
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              ſide thereof, and would not ſtand in the Middle, and conſequent­
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              ly there would be no ſuch relation betwixt them; which never­
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              theleſs do, not only in Sacred Writ, but even in Common Speech,
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              ever and every where anſwer to each other with a mutual Oppo­
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              fition. </s>
              <s>Whence that of
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              Geneſ. </s>
              <s>1. In the beginning God created
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              the Heaven and the Earth
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              : and
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              Pſal. </s>
              <s>115. The Heaven, even
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              the Heavens are the Lords; but the Earth hath he given to the
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              Children of men:
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              and our Saviour in that Prayer which he pre­
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              ſcribeth to us,
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              Matth. </s>
              <s>6. Thy will be done in Earth, as it is in
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              Heaven:
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              and S.
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              Paul, 1 Corinth. </s>
              <s>15. The firſt man is of the
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              Earth, earthy; the ſecond man is of Heaven, heavenly:
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              and
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              Coloſſ. </s>
              <s>1. By him were all things created that are in Heaven, and
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              that are in Earth
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              : and again,
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              Having made peace through the
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              Blood of his Croſſe for all things, whether they be things in Earth
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              or things in Heaven:
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              and
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              Chap. </s>
              <s>3. Set your affections on things
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              above, not on things on the Earth
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              ; with innumerable other ſuch
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              like places. </s>
              <s>Since therefore theſe two Bodies are alwayes mu­
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              tually oppoſed to each other, and Heaven, without all doubt,
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              referreth to the Circumference, it muſt of neceſſity follow, that
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              the Earth is to be adjudged the place of the Centre.</s>
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              Heaven and
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              Earth are always
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              mutually oppoſed
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              to each other.
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              <s>The ſixth and laſt Claſſis is of thoſe Authorities, which (being
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              rather of Fathers and Divines, than of the Sacred Scripture) ſay,
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              That the Sun, after the day of Judgment ſhall ſtand immoveable
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              in the Eaſt, and the Moon in the Weſt. </s>
              <s>Which Station, if the
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              Pythagorick
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              Opinion hold true, ought rather to be aſcribed to
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              the Earth, than to the Sun; for if it be true, that the Earth doth
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              now move about the Sun, it is neceſſary that after the day of
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              Judgment it ſhould ſtand immoveable. </s>
              <s>And truth is, if it muſt
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              ſubſiſt without motion in one conſtant place, there is no reaſon </s>
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