Foscarini, Paolo Antonio
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An epistle to fantoni
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1661
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why it ſhould rather ſtand in one ſite of that Place than in ano
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ther, or why it ſhould rather turn one part of it than another to
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the Sun, if ſo be that every of its parts without diſtinction, which
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is deſtitute of the Suns light, cannot chooſe but be diſmal, and
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much worſe affected than that part which is illuminated. </
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alſo would ariſe many other abſurdities beſides theſe.</
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After the day
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of Judgment the
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Earth ſhall ſtand
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immoveable.
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>Theſe are the Claſſes, &c. </
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>from which great aſſaults are made
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againſt the ſtructure of the Pythagorick Syſteme; yet by that
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time I ſhall have firſt laid down ſix Maximes or Principles, as
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impregnable Bulwarks erected againſt them, it will be eaſie to
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batter them, and to defend the Hypotheſis of
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Pythagoras
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>Which before I propound, I do pro
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feſs (with that Humility and Modeſty which becometh a Chri
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ſtian, and a perſon in Religious Orders) that I do with reverence
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ſubmit what I am about to ſpeak to the Judgment of Holy
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Church. </
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any inducements of Temerity, or Ambition, but out of Charity
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and a Deſire to be auxiliary to my neighbour in his inquiſition
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after Truth. </
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maintained by me (that expect to be better inſtructed by thoſe
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who profeſs theſe Studies) which I ſhall not retract, if any per
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ſons ſhall by ſolid Reaſons & reiterated Experiments, prove ſome
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other Hypotheſis to be more probable; but yet, until ſuch time as
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they ſhall decide the Point, I ſhall labour all I can for its ſupport.</
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>My firſt and chiefeſt Maxime is this; When any thing is at
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tributed in Holy Writ, to God, or to a Creature, thats not be
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ſeeming to, or incommenſurate with them, it muſt of neceſſity
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be received and expounded one, or more of the four following
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wayes; Firſt, it may be ſaid to agree with them
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Metaphorically,
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and Proportionally, or by Similitude.
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Secondly,
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According to
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our manner of Conſidering, Apprehending, Conceiving, Vnderſtand
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ing, Knowing, &c.
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Thirdly,
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according to the Opinion of the
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Vulgar, and the Common way of Speaking:
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to which Vulgar
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Speech the Holy Ghoſt doth very often with much ſtudy acco
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modate it ſelf. </
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In reſpect of our ſelves, and for that
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he makes himſelf like unto us.
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Of each of theſe wayes there are
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theſe examples: God doth not walk, ſince he is Infinite and Im
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moveable; He hath no Bodily Members, ſince he is a Pure Act;
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and conſequently is void of all Paſſion of Minde; and yet in
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Sacred Scripture,
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Gen. </
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8. it is ſaid,
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He walked in the cool of
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the day
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: and
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Job 22. verſ.
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14. it is ſaid,
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He walketh in the ^{*} Cir
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cuit of Heaven:
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and in many other places coming, departing,
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making haſt is aſcribed to God; and likewiſe Bodily parts, as
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Eyes, Ears, Lips, Face, Voice, Countenance, Hands, Feet, Bow
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els, Garments, Arms; as alſo many Paſſions, ſuch as Anger, </
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