1For it might be called ſo, either becauſe that that which is taught
by all the other Sciences, is found to be comprized and demonſtra
ted in it, but with more excellent means, and with more ſublime
Learning; in like manner, as for example; The Rules of meaſuring
of Land, & of Accountantſhip are much more excellently contain
ed in the Arithmatick and Geometry of Euclid, than in the Practi
ſes of Surveyours and Accomptants: Or becauſe the Subject about
which Theologie is converſant, excelleth in Dignity all the other
Subjects, that are the Matters of other Sciences: As alſo becauſe
its Documents are divulged by nobler waies. That the Title
and Authority of Queen belongeth to Theologie in the firſt
Senſe, I think that no Theologers will affirm, that have but any
in-ſight into the other Sciences; of which there are none (as I be
lieve) that will ſay that Geometry, Aſtronomy Muſick, and Me
dicine are much more excellently and exactly contained in the
Sacred Volumes, than in the Books of Archimedes, in Ptolomy, in
Boetius, and in Galen. Therefore it is probable that the Regal
Preheminence is given her upon the ſecond account, namely, By
reaſon of the Subject, and the admirable communicating of the
Divine Revelations in thoſe Concluſions which by other means
could not be conceived by men, and which chiefly concern the
acquiſt of eternal Beatitude. Now if Theologie being conver
ſant about the loftieſt Divine Contemplation, and reſiding for
Dignity in the Regal Throne of the Sciences, (whereby ſhe be
cometh of higheſt Authority) deſcendeth not to the more mean
and humble Speculations of the inferior Sciences: Nay; (as hath
been declared above) hath no regard to them, as not concerning
Bearitude; the Profeſſors thereof ought not to arrogate to them
ſelves the Authority to determin of Controverſies in thoſe Pro
feſſions which have been neither practiſed nor ſtudied by them.
For this would be as if an Abſolute Prince, knowing that he
might freely command, and cauſe himſelf to be obeyed, ſhould
(being neither Phiſitian nor Architect) undertake to adminiſter
Medicines, and erect Buildings after his own faſhion, to the great
endangering af the lives of the poor Patients, and to the manifeſt
deſtruction of the Edifices.
by all the other Sciences, is found to be comprized and demonſtra
ted in it, but with more excellent means, and with more ſublime
Learning; in like manner, as for example; The Rules of meaſuring
of Land, & of Accountantſhip are much more excellently contain
ed in the Arithmatick and Geometry of Euclid, than in the Practi
ſes of Surveyours and Accomptants: Or becauſe the Subject about
which Theologie is converſant, excelleth in Dignity all the other
Subjects, that are the Matters of other Sciences: As alſo becauſe
its Documents are divulged by nobler waies. That the Title
and Authority of Queen belongeth to Theologie in the firſt
Senſe, I think that no Theologers will affirm, that have but any
in-ſight into the other Sciences; of which there are none (as I be
lieve) that will ſay that Geometry, Aſtronomy Muſick, and Me
dicine are much more excellently and exactly contained in the
Sacred Volumes, than in the Books of Archimedes, in Ptolomy, in
Boetius, and in Galen. Therefore it is probable that the Regal
Preheminence is given her upon the ſecond account, namely, By
reaſon of the Subject, and the admirable communicating of the
Divine Revelations in thoſe Concluſions which by other means
could not be conceived by men, and which chiefly concern the
acquiſt of eternal Beatitude. Now if Theologie being conver
ſant about the loftieſt Divine Contemplation, and reſiding for
Dignity in the Regal Throne of the Sciences, (whereby ſhe be
cometh of higheſt Authority) deſcendeth not to the more mean
and humble Speculations of the inferior Sciences: Nay; (as hath
been declared above) hath no regard to them, as not concerning
Bearitude; the Profeſſors thereof ought not to arrogate to them
ſelves the Authority to determin of Controverſies in thoſe Pro
feſſions which have been neither practiſed nor ſtudied by them.
For this would be as if an Abſolute Prince, knowing that he
might freely command, and cauſe himſelf to be obeyed, ſhould
(being neither Phiſitian nor Architect) undertake to adminiſter
Medicines, and erect Buildings after his own faſhion, to the great
endangering af the lives of the poor Patients, and to the manifeſt
deſtruction of the Edifices.
Again, to command the very Profeſſors of Aſtronomy, that
they of themſelves ſee to the confuting of their own Obſerva
tions and Demonſtrations, as thoſe that can be no other but
Falacies and Sophiſmes, is to enjoyn a thing beyond all poſſibi
lity of doing: For it is not onely to command them that they do
not ſee that which they ſee, and that they do not underſtand
that which they underſtand; but that in ſeeking, they finde the
contrary of that which they happen to meet with. Therefore be
fore that this is to be done, it would be neceſſary that they were
they of themſelves ſee to the confuting of their own Obſerva
tions and Demonſtrations, as thoſe that can be no other but
Falacies and Sophiſmes, is to enjoyn a thing beyond all poſſibi
lity of doing: For it is not onely to command them that they do
not ſee that which they ſee, and that they do not underſtand
that which they underſtand; but that in ſeeking, they finde the
contrary of that which they happen to meet with. Therefore be
fore that this is to be done, it would be neceſſary that they were
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