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

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              ſhewed the way how to make the Powers of the Soul to command
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              one another, and the inferior the Superior; ſo that the imaginati­
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              on and will might, and ſhould believe contrary to what the Intel­
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              lect underſtands: I ſtill mean in Propoſitions purely Natural, and
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              which are not
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              de Fide,
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              and not in the Supernatural, which are
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              de Fide.
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              <s>I would entreat theſe Wiſe and Prudent Fathers, that they
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              would withal diligence conſider the difference that is between
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              Opinable and Demonſtrative Doctrines: To the end, that well
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              weighing in their minds with what force Neceſſary Illations ob­
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              lige, they might the better aſcertain themſelves, that it is not in
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              the Power of the Profeſſors of Demonſtrative Sciences to change
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              their Opinions at pleaſure, and apply themſelves one while to
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              one ſide, and another while to another; and that there is a great
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              difference between commanding a Methametitian or a Philoſo­
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              pher, and the diſpoſing of a Lawyer or a Merchant; and that the
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              demonſtrated Concluſions touching the things of Nature and of
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              the Heavens cannot be changed with the ſame facility, as the
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              Opinions are touching what is lawful or not in a Contract, Bar­
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              gain, or Bill of Exchange. </s>
              <s>This difference was well underſtood
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              by the Learned and Holy Fathers, as their having been at great
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              pains to confute many Arguments, or to ſay better, many Phi­
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              loſophical Fallacies, doth prove unto us; and as may expreſly be
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              read in ſome of them, and particularly we have in S.
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              Auguſtine
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              the following words:
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              (g) This is to be held for an undoubt­
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              ed Truth, That we may be confident, that whatever the Sages of
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              this World have demonſtrated touching Natural Points, is no waies
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              contrary to our Bibles: And in caſe they teach any thing in their
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              Books that is contrary to the Holy Scriptures, we may without any
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              ſcruple conclude it to be moſt falſe; And aceording to our ability
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              let us make the ſame appear: And let us ſo keep the Faith of our
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              Lord, in whom are hidden all the Treaſures of Wiſdom; that we
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              be neither ſeduced with the Loquacity of falſe Philoſophy, nor
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              ſcared by the ſuperſtition of a counterfeit Religion.
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              (g) Hoc indu­
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              bitanter tenendum
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              eſt, ut quicquid
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              Sapientes hujus
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              Mundi, de Natu­
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              ra rerum veraci­
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              ter demonſtrare
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              potuerint, oſtenda­
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              mus, noſtris libris
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              non eſſe contrari­
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              um: quicquid au­
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              tem illi, in ſuis vo­
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              lumintbus, contra­
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              rium Sacris Lit­
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              teris docent, ſine
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              ulla dubitatione
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              credamus, id falſiſ­
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              ſimum eſſe, & quo­
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              quo modo poſſu­
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              mus, etiam oſten­
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              damus; atque it a
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              teneamus Fidem
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              Domini noſtri, in
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              quaſunt abſconditi
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              omnes theſauri
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              Sapientiæ, ut ne­
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              que falſæ Philoſo­
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              phiæ loquacitate
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              ſeducamur, neque
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              ſimulata Religio­
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              nis ſuperſtitione
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              terreamur.
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              <s>From which words, I conceive that I may collect this Do­
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              ctrine, namely, That in the Books of the Wiſe of this World,
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              there are contained ſome Natural truths that are ſolidly demon­
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              ſtrated, and others again that are barely taught; and that as to
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              the firſt ſort, it is the Office of wiſe Divines to ſhew that they
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              are not contrary to the Sacred Scriptures; As to the reſt, taught,
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              but not neceſſarily demonſtrated, if they ſhall contain any thing
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              contrary to the Sacred Leaves, it ought to be held undoubtedly
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              falſe, and ſuch it ought by all poſſible waies to be demon­
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              ſtrated.
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              Gen. </s>
              <s>ad Litteram.
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              lib
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              I. Cap. 25.</s>
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              <s>If therefore Natural Concluſions veritably demonſtrated, are </s>
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