Foscarini, Paolo Antonio
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An epistle to fantoni
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1661
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words;
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(r) In Principio creavit Elohim Cœlum & Terram:
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that they did not ſee how the Noun Plural
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Elohim
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(which is as much
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Dij,
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[Gods] ſhould be joyned with the Verb Singular,
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Creavit
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: But the Myſtery of the Unity of Eſſence and Trinity
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of Perſons in God being revealed, it was preſently known, that
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the Singular Number,
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Creavit,
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had reference to the Unity of Eſ
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ſence, (in regard that the Works of the Trinity
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ad extra
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are in
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diviſible) and the Plural,
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Elohim,
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to the Perſons. </
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in elder times could have found out this Myſtery? </
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Name of God is thrice repeated in
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Pſal. </
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>67. (s) God, even our
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God ſhall bleſſe us, God ſhall bleſſe us, &c.
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Which at firſt might
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ſeem a Pleonaſme, and ſuperfluous repetition; but afterwards it
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was evident that
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David
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did there ſet out the Benedictions of ſe
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veral Perſons implyed, to wit, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghoſt.
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>Innumerable Examples of the like kind may be found in the Sa
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>Therefore, to conclude, I will ſay with ^{*}
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David,
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Pſal.
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92.
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Oh Lord how glorious are thy Works! thy thoughts
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are very deep: an unwiſeman knoweth not, and a fool doth not
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underſtand theſe things.
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Numb. c. >20.
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Joel c. </
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Hagg. c. 2.
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Deut. c. 8. v. 8.</
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1 Kings c 7.
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v. 20. & 2 Kings
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c. 25. v. 17. &
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52. v. 21, 22.</
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ſal. 67. v. 6
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* Pſal. 92 v. 536.</
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a Divine, concerning the not-improbable Opinion of the Mobili
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ty of the Earth and Stability of the Sun: which I hope will be
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acceptable to you, Reverend Sir, out of the love and diligence
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wherewith you perſue Virtue and Learning. </
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that you may alſo receive an account of my other Studies) I
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hope very ſhortly to publiſh in Print my Second Tome ^{*}
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Of the In-
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ſtitutions of all Learnings,
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which ſhall containe all the Liberall
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Arts, as I have already ſignified in that
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Syntax,
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and
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Spicimen
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me heretofore put forth, and publiſhed under your Name. </
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other five following Tomes by me promiſed (which ſhall treat of
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Phyloſophy and Theology) are not altogether ſo forward, ne
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vertheleſs they will be ſpeedily finiſhed. </
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will come forth my Book
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Concerning ^{*} Oracles,
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now finiſhed, to
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gether with a Treatiſe ^{*}
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Of Artificial Divination.
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And for a
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pledge thereof, I ſend you at this time annexed to this Epiſtle a
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Tract ^{*}
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Concerning Natural Coſmological Divination,
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or of Natu
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ral Prognoſticks, and Preſages of the Changes oſ Weather, and
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other things which fall within the compaſſe of Natue. </
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you all Happineſſe.</
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*
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Inſtitutionum
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omnium Doctri
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narum.
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De Oraculis.
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De Divinatio
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ne artificioſa.
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De Divinatio
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ne Naturali Coſ
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mologica.
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Moſt Reverend Sir
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NAPLES,
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from the Covent
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of the
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Carmelites,
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Jan.
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Your Moſt Humble Servant
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PAOLO ANTONIO FOSCARINI.
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