Salusbury, Thomas, Mathematical collections and translations (Tome I), 1667

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              ledge from the Sacred Books they would not, in my opinion, have
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              ſpoken ſo little thereof, that it is as much as nothing, in compa­
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              riſon of the infinite admirable Concluſions, which in that Sci­
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              ence are comprized and demonſtrated Nay, that the Authours
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              of the Holy Volumes did not only not pretend to teach us the
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              Conſtitutions and Motions of the Heavens and Stars, their Fi­
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              gures, Magnitudes, and Diſtances, but that intentionally (al­
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              beit that all theſe things were very well known unto them) they
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              forbore to ſpeak of them, is the opinion of the Moſt Holy & Moſt
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              Learned Fathers: and in S.
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              Auguſtine
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              we read the following words.
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              (c) It is likewiſe commonly asked, of what Form and Figure
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              we may believe Heaven to be, according to the Scriptures: For
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              many contend much about thoſe matters, which the greater pru­
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              dence of our Authors hath forborn to ſpeak of, as nothing further­
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              ing their Learners in relation to ableſſed life; and, (which is
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              the chiefeſt thing) taking up much of that time which ſhould be
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              ſpent in holy exerciſes. </s>
              <s>For what is it to me whether Heaven, as
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              a Sphere, doth on all ſides environ the Earth, a Maſs ballanced in
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              the middle of the World; or whether like a Diſh it doth onely cover
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              or overcaſt the ſame? </s>
              <s>But becauſe belief of Scripture is urged for
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              that cauſe, which we have oft mentioned, that is, That none through
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              ignorance of Divine Phraſes, when they ſhall find any thing of this
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              nature in, or hear any thing cited out of our Bibles which may ſeem
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              to oppoſe manifeſt Concluſions, ſhould be induced to ſuſpect their
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              truth, when they admoniſh, relate, & deliver more profitable matters
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              Briefly be it ſpoken, touching the Figure of Heaven, that our Au­
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              thors knew the truth: But the H. </s>
              <s>Spirit would not, that men ſhould
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              learn what is profitable to none for ſalvation.
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              (c) Quæri etiam
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              ſolet, quæ forma &
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              figura Cæli cre­
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              denda ſit ſecun­
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              dum Scripturas
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              noſtras: Multi e­
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              nim multum diſ­
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              put ant de iis rebus,
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              quas majori pru­
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              dentia noſtri Auto­
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              res omiſerunt, ad
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              beatam vitam non
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              profutur as diſcen­
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              libus, & occupan­
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              tes (quod prius eſt)
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              multum prolixa,
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              & rebus ſalubri­
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              bus impendenda
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              temporum ſpatia.
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              <s>Quid enim ad me
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              pertinet, utrum
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              Cælum, ſicut Sphæ­
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              ra, undique conclu­
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              dat Terram, in
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              media. </s>
              <s>Mundi mo­
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              le libratam; an
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              eam ex una par­
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              te deſuper, ve­
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              lut diſcus, ope­
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              riat? </s>
              <s>Sed quia de Fide agitur S cripiurærum, propter illam cauſam, quam non ſemel commemoravimus, Ne ſcilicet
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              quiſquam eloquia divina non intelligens, cum de his rebus tale aliquid vel invenerit in Libris Noſtris, vel ex illis
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              audiverit, quod perceptis aſſertionibus adver ſari videatur, nullo modo eis, cetera utilia monentibus, vel narrantibus,
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              vel pranuntiantibus, credat: Breviter diſcendum eſt, de figura Cæli, hoc ſciſſe Autores noſtros, quod verit as ha­
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              bet: Sed Spiritum Dei, qui per ipſos loquebstur, noluiſſe iſta docere homines, nulli ad ſalutem profutura.
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              D.
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              Auguſt. </s>
              <s>Lib. 2. De Gen. </s>
              <s>ad literam, Cap. </s>
              <s>9. Idem etiam legitur apud
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              Petrum Lombardum
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              Magiſtrum Sententiarum.</s>
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              <s>And the ſame intentional ſilence of theſe ſacred Penmen in
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              determining what is to be believed of theſe accidents of the Ce­
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              leſtial Bodies, is again hinted to us by the ſame Father in the en­
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              ſuing 10. Chapter upon the Queſtion, Whether we are to believe
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              that Heaven moveth, or ſtandeth ſtill, in theſe words:
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              (d) There
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              are ſome of the Brethren that ſtart a queſtion concerning the motion
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              of Heaven, Whether it be fixed, or moved: For if it be moved
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              (ſay they) how is it a Firmament? </s>
              <s>If it ſtand ſtill, how do theſe
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              Stars which are held to be fixed go round from Eaſt to Weſt, the
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              more Norchern performing ſhorter Circuits near the Pole; ſo that
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              Heaven, if there be another Pole, to us unknown, may ſeem to re­
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              volve upon ſome other Axis; but if there be not another Pole, it
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              may be thought to move as a Diſcus? </s>
              <s>To whom I reply, That
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