Salusbury, Thomas
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Mathematical collections and translations (Tome I)
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1667
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her ſelf a contrary way, the Quality diffuſed into her, and im
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preſſed upon her by the Sun, namely the Light of the Day is
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moved, which riſeth in one part of her, and ſets in another con
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trary to that, according to the nature and condition of her motion;
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And for this reaſon the Sun it ſelf by conſequence is ſaid to riſe
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and ſet, (which notwithſtanding
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ſtands immovea
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ble) and that no otherwiſe then
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as hath been ſaid.</
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>After this manner the command of
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Joſhuah, Sun ſtand thou
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ſtill,
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and the Miracle of the Suns ceſſation of Motion wrought
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by him, may be ſo underſtood, as that not the Solar Body pro
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perly, but the Suns ſplendour upon the Earth ſtood ſtill; ſo that
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not the Sun it ſelf, (being of it ſelf before that time immovea
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ble) but the Earth that receiveth its ſplendour, ſtayed her Mo
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tion; which, as ſhe inceſſantly purſuing her ordinary Motion to
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wards the Eaſt, ^{*} called up the Light of the Sun in the Weſt, ſo
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ſtanding ſtill, the Suns light impreſt upon it likewiſe ſtood ſtill.
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After the ſame manuer pioportionally is that Text of
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Iſaiah
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ex
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plained, touching the Suns going ten degrees back ward upon the
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Dial of
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Ahaz.
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So (which may ſerve for another Example) the
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Hand being moved about the flame of a burning Candle that
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ſtands ſtill, the Light moveth on the Hand, that is to ſay, the
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ſaid Hand is illuſtrated now in one part, anon in another, when
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as the Candle it ſelf all the while removes not out of its place:
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whereupon
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per denominationem extrinſecam,
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the ſaid Light may
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be affirmed to riſe and ſet upon the Hand, namely, by the ſole
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motion of the ſaid Hand, the Candle it ſelf never moving all the
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ciple or
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Maxime,
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which by reaſon of its difficulty and extraordi
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nary weight required ſome prolixity in the handling of it.</
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Joſhua
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ver.
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Iſa.
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poreal, Durable and Corruptible, Moveable and Immoveable,
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have received from God a perpetual, unchangeable, and inviola
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ble Law, conſtituting the Eſſence and Nature of every one of
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them: according to which Law all of them in their own Na
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ture perſiſting in a certain Order and Conſtancy, and obſerving
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the ſame perpetual Courſe, may deſervedly be ſtiled moſt Stable
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in the World more inconſtant or fickle) is ſaid to be conſtant
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and unalterable in her continual volubility, viciſſitude, and in
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conſtancy, which was the occaſion of that Verſe,</
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Et ſemper conſtans in levitate ſua eſt.
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