Salusbury, Thomas
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Mathematical collections and translations (Tome I)
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1667
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in all humane Sciences; but making no account of theſe things
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he profeſſeth that it was his deſire to teach them no more but the
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way to Heaven. </
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Iſaiah,
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(i) Ego Dominus Deus, docens te utilia
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I am the Lord
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thy God which teacheth thee profitable things:
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] Where the
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Gloſ
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ſary
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addeth,
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non ſubtilia
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[not ſubtilties.] For God neither taught
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us, Whether the
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Materia Prima
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of Heaven, and the Elements
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be the ſame; nor Whether
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Cominual
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be compoſed of Indiviſi
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bles, or whether it be diviſible
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in infinitum
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; nor, whether the
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Elements are formally
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mixt
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; nor how many the Cœleſtial
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Spheres, and their Orbs are; Whether there be Epicycles or
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Eccentricks; nor the Vertues of Plants and Stones; nor the Na
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ture of Animals; nor the Motion and Influence of the Planets;
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nor the Order of the Univerſe; nor the Wonders of Minerals,
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and univerſal Nature: but only [
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utilia:
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] things profitable, to
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wit, his Holy Law ordained to the end, that we being put into
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poſſeſſion of Bleſſedneſs, might at length be made capable of all
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perfect knowledge, and the viſion of the whole Order and ad
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mirable Harmony, as alſo the Sympathy and Antipathy of the
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Univerſe and its parts,
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in his Word,
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wherein all thoſe
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things ſhall moſt clearly and diſtinctly, then, appear to us, which
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mean while, in this life, he hath remitted (as far as its ability
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reacheth) to humane ſearch and enquiry: But it was not his
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purpoſe to determine any thing, directly or indirectly, touching
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the truth of them. </
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tle or nothing profit Us, but might in ſome caſes prove prejudi
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cial; ſo the ignorance thereof can doubtleſs be no detriment,
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but may in ſome caſes be very beneficial to us. </
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by his moſt admirable Wiſdome it comes to paſs, that though all
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things in this World are dubious, uncertain, wavering, and per
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plexed; yet his Holy Faith alone is moſt certain; and although
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the opinions about Philoſophical and Doctrinal points be divers,
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there is in the Church but one Truth of Faith and Salvation.
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>Which Faith, as neceſsary to Salvation, is ſo ordered by Divine
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Providence, that it might not only be indubitable, but alſo un
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ſhaken, ſure, immutable, and manifeſt to all men: the infallible
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Rule of which he hath appointed the Holy Church, that is waſh
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ed with his precious Blood, and governed by his Holy Spirit, to
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whom belongs our Sanctification, as being his work. </
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fore is the Reaſon why God would have Speculative Queſtions,
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which nothing conduce to our Salvation and Edification, and why
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the Holy Ghoſt hath very often condeſcended to Vulgar Opini
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ons and Capacities, and hath diſcovered nothing that is ſingular
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or hidden to us, beſides thoſe things that pertain to Salvation.
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