1The Sun did not really ſtand ſtill, but ſeemed ſo to do, during the
ſhort time in which Iſrael gave the overthrow to their Enemies.
So for the Miracle in the time of Hezekiah, Paulus Burgenſis is of
opinion that it was not wrought on the Sun, but on the Diall.
But that, in ſhort, it is neceſſary to Gloſſe and Interpret the
words of the Text in Joſhua, when ever the Worlds Syſteme
is in diſpute, I ſhall ſhew anon. Now finally, granting to theſe
Gentlemen more than they demand, to wit, That we are whol
ly to acquieſce in the judgment of Judicious Divines, and that
in regard that ſuch a particular Diſquiſition is not found to
have been made by the Ancient Fathers, it may be undertaken
by the Sages of our Age, who having firſt heard the Experiments,
Obſervations, Reaſons, and Demonſtrations of Philolophers and
Aftronomers, on the one ſide, and on the other (ſeeing that the
Controverſie is about Natural Problems, and Neceſſary Dilem
ma's, and which cannot poſſibly be otherwiſe than in one of
the two manners in controverſie) they may with competent cer
tainty determine what Divine Inſpirations ſhall dictate to them.
But that without minutely examining and diſcuſſing all the Rea
ſons on both ſides; and without ever comming to any certainty
of the truth of the Caſe, ſnch a Reſolution ſhould be taken, Is
not to be hoped from thoſe who do not ſtick to hazzard the Ma
jeſty and Dignity of the Sacred Scripture, in defending the re
putation of their vain Fancies; Nor to be feared from thoſe
who make it their whole buſineſſe, to examine with all in
tenſneſs, what the Grounds of this Doctrine are; and that only
in an Holy Zeal for Truth, the Sacred Scriptures, and for the
Majeſty, Dignity, and Authority, in which every Chriſtian
ſhould indeavour to have them maintained. Which Dignity,
who ſeeth not that it is with greater Zeal deſired and procured
by thoſe who, abſolutely ſubmitting themſelves to the Holy
Church, deſire, not that this, or that opinion may be prohibi
ted, but onely that ſuch things may be propoſed to conſidera
tion, as may the more aſcertain her in the ſafeſt choice, than by
thoſe who being blinded by their particular Intereſt, or ſtimula
ted by malitious ſuggeſtions, preach that ſhe ſhould, without
more ado, thunder out Curſes, for that ſhe had power ſo to do:
Not conſidering that all that may be done is not alwayes conve
nient to be done. The Holy Fathers of old were not of this
opinion, but rather knowing of how great prejudice, and how
much againſt the primary intent of the Catholick Church, it
would be to go about from Texts of Scripture to decide Natu
ral Concluſions, touching which, either Experiments or neceſſary
Demonſtrations, might in time to come evince the contrary, of
that which the naked ſenſe of the Words ſoundeth, they have
ſhort time in which Iſrael gave the overthrow to their Enemies.
So for the Miracle in the time of Hezekiah, Paulus Burgenſis is of
opinion that it was not wrought on the Sun, but on the Diall.
But that, in ſhort, it is neceſſary to Gloſſe and Interpret the
words of the Text in Joſhua, when ever the Worlds Syſteme
is in diſpute, I ſhall ſhew anon. Now finally, granting to theſe
Gentlemen more than they demand, to wit, That we are whol
ly to acquieſce in the judgment of Judicious Divines, and that
in regard that ſuch a particular Diſquiſition is not found to
have been made by the Ancient Fathers, it may be undertaken
by the Sages of our Age, who having firſt heard the Experiments,
Obſervations, Reaſons, and Demonſtrations of Philolophers and
Aftronomers, on the one ſide, and on the other (ſeeing that the
Controverſie is about Natural Problems, and Neceſſary Dilem
ma's, and which cannot poſſibly be otherwiſe than in one of
the two manners in controverſie) they may with competent cer
tainty determine what Divine Inſpirations ſhall dictate to them.
But that without minutely examining and diſcuſſing all the Rea
ſons on both ſides; and without ever comming to any certainty
of the truth of the Caſe, ſnch a Reſolution ſhould be taken, Is
not to be hoped from thoſe who do not ſtick to hazzard the Ma
jeſty and Dignity of the Sacred Scripture, in defending the re
putation of their vain Fancies; Nor to be feared from thoſe
who make it their whole buſineſſe, to examine with all in
tenſneſs, what the Grounds of this Doctrine are; and that only
in an Holy Zeal for Truth, the Sacred Scriptures, and for the
Majeſty, Dignity, and Authority, in which every Chriſtian
ſhould indeavour to have them maintained. Which Dignity,
who ſeeth not that it is with greater Zeal deſired and procured
by thoſe who, abſolutely ſubmitting themſelves to the Holy
Church, deſire, not that this, or that opinion may be prohibi
ted, but onely that ſuch things may be propoſed to conſidera
tion, as may the more aſcertain her in the ſafeſt choice, than by
thoſe who being blinded by their particular Intereſt, or ſtimula
ted by malitious ſuggeſtions, preach that ſhe ſhould, without
more ado, thunder out Curſes, for that ſhe had power ſo to do:
Not conſidering that all that may be done is not alwayes conve
nient to be done. The Holy Fathers of old were not of this
opinion, but rather knowing of how great prejudice, and how
much againſt the primary intent of the Catholick Church, it
would be to go about from Texts of Scripture to decide Natu
ral Concluſions, touching which, either Experiments or neceſſary
Demonſtrations, might in time to come evince the contrary, of
that which the naked ſenſe of the Words ſoundeth, they have
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