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

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              Concluſions as matters of Faith, onely becauſe they bear the
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              ſtamp of an unanimous Interpretation of all the Fathers: And
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              I do ſuppoſe that it may poſſibly be, that thoſe who hold in this
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              manner, might poſſibly have gone about in favour of their own
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              Opinion, to have amplified the Decretal of the Councils; which
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              I cannot finde in this caſe to prohibit any other, ſave onely,
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              Per­
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              verting to Senſes contrary to that of Holy Church, or of the
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              concurrent conſent of Fathers, thoſe places, and thoſe onely that
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              do pertain either to Faith or Manners, or concern our edification
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              in the Doctrine of Chriſtianity: And thus ſpeaks the Council of
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              Trent. </s>
              <s>Seſſ.
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              4. But the Mobility or Stability of the Earth, or
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              of the Sun, are not matters of Faith, nor contrary to Manners,
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              nor is there any one, that for the ſtabliſhing of this Opinion,
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              will pervert places of Scripture in oppoſition to the Holy Church,
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              or to the Fathers: Nay, Thoſe who have writ of this Doctrine,
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              did never make uſe of Texts of Scripture; that they might leave
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              it ſtill in the breaſts of Grave and Prudent Divines to interpret
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              the ſaid Places, according to their true meaning.</s>
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              Concil. </s>
              <s>Trid. </s>
              <s>Seſſ.
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              4.</s>
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              <s>And how far the Decrees of Councills do comply with the Ho­
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              ly Fathers in theſe particulars, may be ſufficiently manifeſt, in
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              that they are ſo far from enjoyning to receive ſuch like Natural
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              Concluſions for matters of Faith, or from cenſuring the contrary
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              Opinions as erronious; that rather reſpecting the Primitive and
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              primary intention of the Holy Church, they do adjudge it un­
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              profitable to be buſied in examining the truth thereof. </s>
              <s>Let
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              your Highneſs be pleaſed to hear once again what S.
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              Auguſtine
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              anſwers to to thoſe Brethren who put the Queſtion, Whether it
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              be true that Heaven moveth, or ſtandeth ſtill? (*)
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              To theſe I
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              anſwer, That Points of this nature require a curious and pro­
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              found examination, that it may truly appear whether they be
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              true or falſe; a work inconſiſtent with my leaſure to under­
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              take or go thorow with, nor is it any way neceſſary for thoſe,
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              whom we deſire to inform of the things that more nearly
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              concern their own ſalvation and The Churches Be­
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              nefit.
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              (*)
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              His re­
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              ſpondeo, multum
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              ſubüliter, & labo­
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              rioſis ratiombus,
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              iſta perquirere, ut
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              vere percipiatur,
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              ntrum ita, an non
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              ita ſit: quibus in­
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              eundis atque tra­
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              ctandis, nec mihi
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              jam tempus eſt,
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              nec illis eſſe debet,
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              quos ad ſalutem
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              ſuam, Sanctæ Ec­
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              cleſiæ neceſſariam
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              utilitatem cupi
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              mus informari.
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              <s>But yet although in Natural Propoſitions we were to take the
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              reſolution of condemning or admitting them from Texts of Scri­
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              pture unanimouſly expounded in the ſame Senſe by all the Fa­
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              thers, yet do I not ſee how this Rule can hold in our Caſe; for that
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              upon the ſame Places we read ſeveral Expoſitions in the Fathers;
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              (m) Dionyſius Areopagita
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              ſaying,
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              That the Primum Mobile, and
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              not the Sun ſtand ſtill.
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              Saint
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              Auguſtine
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              is of the ſame Opinion;
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              (n) All the Celeſtial Bodies were immoveable.
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              And with them
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              concurreth
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              Abulenſis.
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              But which is more, amongſt the Jewiſh
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              Authors (whom
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              Joſephus
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              applauds) ſome have held,
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              (o) That
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