Salusbury, Thomas
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Mathematical collections and translations (Tome I)
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1667
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Which fallacy of our ſight is noted, and the Reaſon thereof aſ
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ſigned by the Opticks; upon wich, as being ſtrange to, and be
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ſides my purpoſe, I will not ſtay) and on this account is
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Æneas
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Virgil,
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Why the Sunne
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ſeemeth to us to
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move, & not the
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Æneid.
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Provehimur portu, terræque urbeſque recedunt.
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>But it will not be amiſs to conſider why the ſacred Scripture
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doth ſo ſtudiouſly comply with the opinions of the Vulgar, and
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why it doth not rather accurately inſtruct men in the truth of the
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matters, and the ſecrets of Nature. </
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nignity of Divine Wiſdome, whereby it ſweetly accomodates it
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ſelf to all things, in proportion to their Capacity and Nature.
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>Whence in Natural Sciences, it uſeth natural and neceſſary cau
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ſes, but in Liberal Arts it worketh liberally, upon Generous
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Perſons after a ſublime and lofty manner; upon the Common
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People, familiarly and humbly; upon the Skilful, learnedly;
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upon the Simple, vulgarly; and ſo on every one, according to
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his condition and quality. </
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tention to fill our mindes in this life with vain and various curi
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oſities, which might occaſion our doubt and ſuſpenſe. </
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truth is,
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(a) He that increaſeth knowledge, increaſeth ſorrow.
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Moreover it did not only permit, but even decree, thatth e
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World ſhould be very much buſied in Controverſies and Diſpu
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tations, and that it ſhould be imployed about the uncertainty of
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things; according to that ſaying of
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Eccleſiaſtes
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(b) He hath
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ſet the World in their heart; ſo that no man can find out the work
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that God maketh from the beginning unto the end.
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And touching
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thoſe doubts, God will not permit that they ſhall be diſcovered
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to us before the end of the World:
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(c) At which time he will
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bring to light the hidden things of darkneſſe:
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But Gods onely
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ſcope in the ſacred Scripture is to teach men thoſe things which
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conduce to the attainment of Eternal Life; which having ob
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tained,
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(d) We ſhall ſee him face to face: (e) and ſhall be
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like him, for we ſhall ſee him as he is.
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Then ſhall he clearly
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Priori
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make known unto us all thoſe Curioſities, and Dogmati
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cal Queſtions, which in this life,
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(f) in which we ſee through a
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Glaſſe darkly,
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could be known by us but imperfectly and
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à poſte
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riori,
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and that not without much pains and ſtudy. </
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cauſe the Wiſdome of God, revealed to us in the ſacred Leaves,
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is not ſtiled Wiſdome abſolutely, but
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(g) Saving Wiſdome
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Its onely end being to lead us to ſalvation. </
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Paul
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preach
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ing to the
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Corinthians,
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ſaith;
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(h) I determined to know nothing
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among you, ſave Jeſus Chriſt, and him crucified:
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whereas not
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withſtanding he was thorowly inſtructed, and profoundly learned </
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