Salusbury, Thomas
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Mathematical collections and translations (Tome I)
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1667
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Revolve about the Earth; as
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Pſal. </
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>19. (b) In them hath be ſet a
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Tabernacle for the Sun, which cometh forth as a Bridegroom out
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of his chamber, and rejoyceth as a Gyant to run his Courſe. </
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cometh forth from the uttermoſt part of the Heaven, and runneth
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about unto the end of it again; and there is nothing hid from the
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heat thereof.
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And
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Eccleſiaſt. </
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>1. The Sun riſeth, and the Sun go
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eth down, and haſteth to the place where be aroſe: it goeth towards
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the South, and turneth about unto the North.
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Whereupon the
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Suns Retrogradation is mentioned as a Miracle,
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Iſaiah 38. The
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Sun returned ten degrees.
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And
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Eccleſiaſticus 48. In his time the
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Sun went backward, and lengthened the life of the King.
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And
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for this reaſon it is related for a Miracle, in the Book of
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Joſbuah,
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that at the Prayers of that great Captain the Sun ſtood ſtill, its
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motion being forbidden it, by him
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: Joſh.
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10.
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Sun ſtand thou
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ſtill upon Gibeon.
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Now if the Sun ſhould ſtand ſtill, and the
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Earth move about it, its ſtation at that time was no Miracle;
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and if
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Joſhuah
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had intended, that the light of the day ſhould
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have been prolonged by the Suns ſplendour, he would not have
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ſaid,
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Sun ſtand thou ſtill,
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but rather
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Earth ſtand thou ſtill.
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(b) Or
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In Sole
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poſuit tabernacu
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lum ſuum,
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accor
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ding to the Tran
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ſlation our Au
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thor followeth.
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ven is
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above,
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and the Earth
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beneath
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; of which ſort is that place
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of
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Joel, chap.
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2. cited by S.
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Peter,
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in Heaven above, and ſignes in the Earth beneath,
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with others of
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come down from Heaven
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; and after his Reſurrection to have
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aſ
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cended up into heaven.
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But if the Earth ſhould move about
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the Sun, it would be, as one may ſay, in Heaven, and conſe
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quently would rather be
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above
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Heaven than
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beneath
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it. </
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this is confirmed; For that the Opinion which placeth the Sun in
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the Centre, doth likewiſe place
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Mercury
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above the Sun, and
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Venus
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above
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Mercury
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; and the Earth above
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Venus,
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together
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with the Moon, which revolves about the Earth, and therefore
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the Earth, together with the Moon, is placed in the third Heaven.
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beneath
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fies no more than to be neer to the centre, and
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above,
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than to
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approach the Circumference, it muſt needs follow, that for ma
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king good of Theological Poſitions concerning the Aſcenſion
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and Deſcenſion of Chriſt, the Earth is to be placed in the cen
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tre, and the Sun, with the other Heavens in the Circumference;
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and not according to
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Copernicus,
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whoſe Hypotheſis inverts this
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Order: with which one cannot ſee how the true Aſcenſion and
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Deſcenſion can be conſiſtent.</
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In Spberieall
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Bodies,
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Deorſum
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is the Centre, and
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Surſum
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the Cir
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of Divines, and confirmed by this Reaſon, That ſince Hell </
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