145133That the Moon may be a World.
fore in another place he calls it a Terreſtrial
Star, and an Olympian and Celeſtial Earth;
anſwerable, as I conceive, to the Paradiſe of
the School-Men. And, that Paradiſe was ei-
ther in, or near the Moon, is the Opinion of
ſome later Writers, who deriv’d it in all like-
lyhood, from the Aſſertion of Plato, and per-
haps this of Plutarch. Toſtatus lays this Opini-
on upon Iſiodor, Hiſpalenſis, and the Venerable
11SirW. Raw.
l.1.c. 3 ſect.
7.
In geneſ. Bede; and Pererius Fathers it upon Strabus and
Rabanus his Maſter. Some would have it to
be ſituated in ſuch a place as could not be diſ-
cover’d, which caus’d the Pen-man of Eſdras
to make it a harder matter to know the out-go-
ings of Paradiſe, than to weigh the weight of the
Fire, or meaſure the blaſts of the Wind, or call
222 Eſdr.4.7. again a day that is paſt. But notwithſtanding
this, there be ſome others, who think, that it
is on the Top of ſome high Mountain under
the Line; and theſe interpreted the Torrid
Zone to be the flaming Sword whereby Para-
diſe was guarded. ’Tis the conſent of divers
others, that Paradiſe is ſituated in ſome high &
eminent place. So Toſtatus, Eſt etiam Paradiſus ſi-
tu altiſſima, ſupra omnem terræ altitudinem. ’Pa-
‘radiſe is ſituated in ſome high place above
‘the Earth; and therefore in his Comment up-
on the 49 of Geneſis, he underſtands the Bleſ-
33In Genef. ſing of Jacob, concerning the everlaſting Hills
to be meant of Paradiſe, and the Bleſſing it
ſelf to be nothing elſe but a Promiſe of Chriſts
coming, by whoſe Paſſion the Gates of Para-
diſe ſhould be opened. Unto him aſſented
Rupertus, Scotus, and moſt of the other School-
Men, as I find them cited by Pererius, and
Star, and an Olympian and Celeſtial Earth;
anſwerable, as I conceive, to the Paradiſe of
the School-Men. And, that Paradiſe was ei-
ther in, or near the Moon, is the Opinion of
ſome later Writers, who deriv’d it in all like-
lyhood, from the Aſſertion of Plato, and per-
haps this of Plutarch. Toſtatus lays this Opini-
on upon Iſiodor, Hiſpalenſis, and the Venerable
11SirW. Raw.
l.1.c. 3 ſect.
7.
In geneſ. Bede; and Pererius Fathers it upon Strabus and
Rabanus his Maſter. Some would have it to
be ſituated in ſuch a place as could not be diſ-
cover’d, which caus’d the Pen-man of Eſdras
to make it a harder matter to know the out-go-
ings of Paradiſe, than to weigh the weight of the
Fire, or meaſure the blaſts of the Wind, or call
222 Eſdr.4.7. again a day that is paſt. But notwithſtanding
this, there be ſome others, who think, that it
is on the Top of ſome high Mountain under
the Line; and theſe interpreted the Torrid
Zone to be the flaming Sword whereby Para-
diſe was guarded. ’Tis the conſent of divers
others, that Paradiſe is ſituated in ſome high &
eminent place. So Toſtatus, Eſt etiam Paradiſus ſi-
tu altiſſima, ſupra omnem terræ altitudinem. ’Pa-
‘radiſe is ſituated in ſome high place above
‘the Earth; and therefore in his Comment up-
on the 49 of Geneſis, he underſtands the Bleſ-
33In Genef. ſing of Jacob, concerning the everlaſting Hills
to be meant of Paradiſe, and the Bleſſing it
ſelf to be nothing elſe but a Promiſe of Chriſts
coming, by whoſe Paſſion the Gates of Para-
diſe ſhould be opened. Unto him aſſented
Rupertus, Scotus, and moſt of the other School-
Men, as I find them cited by Pererius, and