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

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              the Sea; That the viciſſitudes of the Windes return into their
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              primitive State; That ſome men ſucceed others? </s>
              <s>But who con­
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              ſidereth that the ſelf-ſame
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              Scene
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              of Life is ever acting, by diffe­
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              rent perſons; and that nothing is
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              new
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              in humane affairs? </s>
              <s>There­
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              fore
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              Solomon
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              inſtancing in thoſe things which all men ſee, doth
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              put men in minde of that which many thorowly know, but too
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              ſlightly conſider.</s>
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              * Chap. </s>
              <s>1. v. </s>
              <s>4, to
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              9.</s>
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              <s>But the 104.
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              Pſalm
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              is thought by ſome to contain a Diſcourſe
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              altogether Phyſical, in regard it onely concerns Natural Philoſo­
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              phy. </s>
              <s>Now God is there ſaid,
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              To have laid the Foundations of
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              the Earth, that it ſhould not be removed for ever.
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              But here al­
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              ſo the Pſalmiſt is far from the Speculation of Phyſical Cauſes:
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              For he doth wholly acquieſce in the Greatneſſe of God,
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              who did all theſe things, and ſings an Hymne to God the
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              Maker of them, in which he runneth over the World in order,
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              as it appeared to his eyes. </s>
              <s>And if you well conſider this
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              Pſalme, it is a Paraphraſe upon the ſix dayes work of the Crea­
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              tion: For as in it the three firſt dayes were ſpent in the Separa­
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              tion of Regions; the firſt of Light from the exteriour Dark­
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              neſs; the ſecond, of the Waters from the Waters, by the inter­
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              poſition of the Firm ament; the third, of the Sea from Land;
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              when alſo the Earth was cloathed with Herbage and Plants:
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              And the three laſt dayes were ſpent in the filling the Re­
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              gions thus diſtinguiſhed; the fourth, of Heaven; the
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              fifth, of the Seas and Aire; the fixth, of the Earth: So
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              here in this Pſalme there are ſo many diſtinct parts pro­
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              portionable to the Analogy of the ſix dayes Works. </s>
              <s>For
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              in
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              Verſe
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              2. he cloaths and covereth the Creator with Light
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              (the firſt of Creatures, and work of the firſt day) as with a
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              Garment. </s>
              <s>The ſecond part beginneth at
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              Verſe
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              3. and treats of
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              the Waters above the Heavens, the extent of Heaven and of Me­
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              teors (which the Pſalmiſt ſeemeth to intend by the Waters a­
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              bove) as namely of Clouds, Winds, Whirl-winds, Lightnings.
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              <s>The third part begins at
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              Verſe
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              6. and doth celebrate the Earth
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              as the foundation of all thoſe things which he here conſidereth.
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              <s>For he referreth all things to the Earth, and to thoſe Animals
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              which inhabit it, for that in the judgment of Sight the two prin­
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              cipal parts of the World are Heaven and Earth. </s>
              <s>He therefore
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              here obſerveth that the Earth after ſo many Ages hath not falte­
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              red, tired, or decayed; when as notwithſtanding no man hath
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              yet diſcovered upon what it is founded. </s>
              <s>He goeth not about to
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              teach men what they do not know, but putteth them in minde
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              of what they neglect, to wit, the Greatneſſe and Power of God
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              in creating ſo huge a Maſs ſo firm and ſtedfaſt. </s>
              <s>If an Aſtrono­
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              mer ſhould teach that the Earth is placed among the Planets, he </s>
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