Foscarini, Paolo Antonio
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An epistle to fantoni
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1661
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round about: a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a
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pomegranate, upon the hem of the Robe round about.
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And that this
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was a Myſtical Repreſentation of the Worlds Effigies, is averred
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(i) For in the long (k) Garment that be
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had on was the (l) whole World; and in the foure rows of the ſtones
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was the Glory of the Fathers graven, and thy Majeſty in the Di-
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adem of his Head.
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(l)
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Or,
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totus Or
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bis Terrarum,
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the vulgar Tranſ
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lation hath it.</
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manner by all other Fruits; but eſpecially the Figg, Grape, and
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Pomegranate: whence theſe three are almoſt alwayes placed to
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20. the People of Iſra
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el complain againſt
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Moſes
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Aaron: (m) Wherefore have you
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made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us into this evil place,
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where there can grow no Seed, neither is there either Figgs, or
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Vines, or Pomegranates
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were preferred by them for their excellency before all others.
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Joel (n) The Vine is dryed up, and the Figg-tree languiſh-
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eth, the Pomegranate-trce, the Palm-tree alſo, and the Apple-tree,
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even all the Trees of the field are withered; becauſe joy is wither
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ed away from the Sons of Men.
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Likewiſe in
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Haggai: (o) Is the
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ſeed yet in the Bud? </
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and the Pomegranate, and the Olive-tree brought forth
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manner in
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Deuteronomie
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the Land of Promiſe is commended to
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(p) A Land of Wheat, and Barly, and Vines in which grow,
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Figg-trees, and Pomegranates, and Olive-trees,
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Structure of the Temple undertaken by
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Solomon
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upon Divine In
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ſpiration the
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Chapiters of the Pillars were adorned with ſeve
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ral rowes of Pomegranates: which particular is mentioned, not
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in one but many places of Holy Writ. </
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dentally and occaſionally the Holy hath Ghoſt ænigmatically re
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preſented this moſt admirable and Moſt Wiſe Sructure of the
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World, the Order of the Heavens, and the diſpoſure of Crea
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tures Spiritual and Corporeal by Emblems, Parables, and Figures,
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leaſt they ſhould be as it were dazled and blinded, by the reful
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gent ſplendor of ſo excellent an Object. </
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theſe Doctrinal & Dubious Points we may diſcourſe in ſuch man
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ner by help of the Holy Scripture as is meet for the underſtanding
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of the Prophets; which ſeeing they are very obſcure, they ſhall be
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fully underſtood, and may be aptly applyed only then when they
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ſhall be fulfilled, and not before: So alſo when once the true
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Syſteme of the Univerſe is found out, then, and not till then, the
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meaning of theſe Figures, and Ænigma's ſhall be made known
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unto us: Thus before the coming of the Son of God had diſco
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vered unto us the Myſtery of the Holy Trinity, none were able
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