Salusbury, Thomas
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Mathematical collections and translations (Tome I)
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1667
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ſtinguiſhed from the Vulgar, it is neceſſary that grave and skilful
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Expoſitors produce the true ſenſes of them, and ſhew the parti
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>Hence methinks I may with much more reaſon conclude, that
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the ſame holy Writ, when ever it hath had occaſion to pronounce
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any natural Concluſion, and eſpecially, any of thoſe which are
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more abſtruce, and difficult to be underſtood, hath not failed to
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obſerve this Rule, that ſo it might not cauſe confuſion in the
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mindes of thoſe very people, and render them the more contu
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macious againſt the Doctrines that were more ſublimely myſteri
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ous: For (like as we have ſaid, and as it plainly appeareth) out
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of the ſole reſpect of condeſcending to Popular Capacity, the
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Scripture hath not ſcrupled to ſhadow over moſt principal and
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fundamental Truths, attributing, even to God himſelf, qualities
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extreamly remote from, and contrary unto his Eſſence. </
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would poſitively affirm that the Scripture, laying aſide that re
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ſpect, in ſpeaking but occaſionally of the Earth, of the Water, of
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the Sun, or of any other Creature, hath choſen to confine it
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ſelf, with all rigour, within the bare and narrow literal ſenſe of
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the ſame Sacred Volume, to wit, the Service of God, and the
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ſalvation of Souls, and in things infinitely beyond the appre
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>This therefore being granted, methinks that in the Diſcuſſion
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of Natural Problemes, we ought not to begin at the authority
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of places of Scripture; but at Senſible Experiments and Ne
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ceſſary Demonſtrations: For, from the Divine Word, the
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Sacred Scripture and Nature did both alike proceed; the firſt,
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as the Holy Ghoſts Inſpiration; the ſecond, as the moſt obſer
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vant Executrix of Gods Commands: And moreover it being
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convenient in the Scriptures (by way of condeſcenſion to the
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underſtanding of all men) to ſpeak many things different, in
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appearance; and ſo far as concernes the naked ſigniſication of
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the words, from abſolute truth: But on the contrary, Nature
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being inexorable and immutable, and never paſſing the bounds
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of the Laws aſſigned her, as one that nothing careth whether
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her abſtruſe reaſons and methods of operating be, or be not ex
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poſed to the Capacity of Men; I conceive that that, concer
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ning Natural Effects, which either Senſible Experience ſets be
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fore our eyes, or Neceſſary Demonſtrations do prove unto us,
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