Foscarini, Paolo Antonio, An epistle to fantoni, 1661

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              Immobility. </s>
              <s>And the Third ſhall be the Empyrean Heaven, that
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              is the Seat of the Bleſſed. </s>
              <s>And in this manner we may come to
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              explain and underſtand that admirable Secret, and profound My­
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              ſtery ænigmatically revealed by
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              Plato
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              to
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              Dionyſius
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              of
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              Syracuſe
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              :
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              (a) All things are about the King of all things, Second things
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              about the ſecond, and Third things about the Third
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              : For that
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              God being the Centre of Spiritual things, the Sun, of Cor­
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              poreal, Chriſt, of thoſe that are Mixt, or made up of both, things
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              do doubtleſſe depend of that of theſe three Centres that is moſt
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              correſpondent and proportionable to them, and the Centre is
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              ever adjudged to be the nobler and worthier place: and therefore
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              in Animals the Heart, in Vegitables the Pith or Kernell wherein
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              the Seed lyeth that conſerveth their perpetuity, and virtually in­
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              cludes the whole Plant, are in the Midſt, and in the Centre: and
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              thus much ſhall ſuffice to have hinted at, ſince there may another
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              occaſion offer it ſelf for a larger Explication of theſe things. </s>
              <s>By
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              this Maxim the Authorities and Arguments of the Third Fourth
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              and Fifth Claſſes are reſolved.</s>
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              The Earth in
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              what ſenſe it may
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              abſolutely be ſaid
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              to be in the loweſt
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              part of the World.
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              Chriſt in his
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              Incarnation tru­
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              ly deſcended from
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              Heaven, and in
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              his Aſcenſion tru­
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              ly aſcended into
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              Heaven.
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              2 Cor. </s>
              <s>c. </s>
              <s>12. v.
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              <s>3.
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              Whether in the
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              body or out of the
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              body, I cannot tell,
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              The Sun is King,
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              Heart and Lamp
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              of the World him­
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              ſelf being
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                <foreign lang="grc">αυταρκης</foreign>
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              abſolutely indepen­
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              dent.
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              )</s>
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              The Ænignsa of
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              Plato.
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              (a) Circa omni­
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              um Regem ſunt
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              omnia. </s>
              <s>& Secun­
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              da circa Secun­
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              dum, et Tertia
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              circa Tertium:
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              Vide
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              Theodo. </s>
              <s>de
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              Græc. </s>
              <s>affect. </s>
              <s>curat.
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              <s>lib. 2. Steuch. </s>
              <s>lib.
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              <s>de Parennj. </s>
              <s>Phi­
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              loſo.</s>
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              <s>It may be added withall, that even the
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              Sun, Mercury
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              and
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              Ve­
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              nus
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              (that is to ſay in reſpect of the Earth) are to be thought
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              aboue,
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              and not
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              beneath
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              the Earth it ſelf, although in reſpect of
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              the Univerſe, yea and alſo abſolutely, they are
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              below.
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              The rea­
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              ſon is, becauſe in reſpect of the Earth they alwayes appear above
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              its Surface: and although they do not environe it, yet by the
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              Motion of the ſaid Earth they behold one while one part, another
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              while another part of its Circumference. </s>
              <s>Since therefore thoſe
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              things which in a Sphærical Body are nearer to the Circumfe­
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              rence and more remote from the Cenrre are ſaid to be
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              above,
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              but
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              thoſe that are next adjoyning to the Centre are ſaid to be
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              below
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              ;
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              it clearly followeth that whilſt the
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              Sun, Mercury
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              and
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              Venus
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              are
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              not only turned towards the Surface and Circumference of the
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              ſaid Earth, but are at a very great diſtance without it, ſucceſſively
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              turned about it, and every way have a view of it, and are very
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              far remote from its Centre, they may, in reſpect of the ſaid Earth,
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              be ſaid to be
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              above
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              it; as alſo on the other ſide, the Earth in
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              reſpect of them may be ſaid to be
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              beneath
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              : howbeit on the con­
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              trary, in reſpect of the Univerſe, the Earth in reality is much
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              higher than they. </s>
              <s>And thus is ſalved the Authority of
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              Eccleſi-
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              aſtes
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              in many places, expreſſing thoſe things that are, or are done
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              on the Eeath in theſe words,
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              Which are done, or which are under
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              the Sun,
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              And in the ſame manner thoſe words are reduced to their
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              true Senſe wherein it is ſaid, That we are
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              under the Sun,
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              and
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              un­
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              der the Moon,
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              whereupon Terrene things are expreſſed by the
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              name of
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              Sublunary.
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              Eccleſ. </s>
              <s>c. </s>
              <s>1. 2. 3.
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              and almoſt tho­
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              out.
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              *
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              Quod fiunt, vel
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              ſunt ſub ſole.
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              <s>The Sixth Claſſis threatneth a difficulty which is common as </s>
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