Foscarini, Paolo Antonio, An epistle to fantoni, 1661
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              round about: a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a
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              pomegranate, upon the hem of the Robe round about.
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              And that this
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              was a Myſtical Repreſentation of the Worlds Effigies, is averred
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              by
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              Solomon,
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              ſaying;
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              (i) For in the long (k) Garment that be
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              had on was the (l) whole World; and in the foure rows of the ſtones
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              was the Glory of the Fathers graven, and thy Majeſty in the Di-
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              adem of his Head.
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              (h) Exod. </s>
              <s>28. 33,
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              34, & 39. v. </s>
              <s>24,
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              25, 26.</s>
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              (i)
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              Sap. </s>
              <s>c. </s>
              <s>18. v.
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              <s>24.</s>
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              (k)
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              Exod. </s>
              <s>c. </s>
              <s>28.
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              v. </s>
              <s>6, 9. 17, 36.</s>
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              (l)
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              Or,
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              totus Or­
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              bis Terrarum,
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              as
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              the vulgar Tranſ­
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              lation hath it.</s>
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              <s>The ſame likewiſe is ſignified to us by the Grape, and in like
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              manner by all other Fruits; but eſpecially the Figg, Grape, and
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              Pomegranate: whence theſe three are almoſt alwayes placed to­
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              gether in the Sacred Scriptures. </s>
              <s>So
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              Numb.
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              20. the People of Iſra­
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              el complain againſt
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              Moſes
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              and
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              Aaron: (m) Wherefore have you
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              made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us into this evil place,
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              where there can grow no Seed, neither is there either Figgs, or
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              Vines, or Pomegranates
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              ? </s>
              <s>Intimating that theſe kinds of Fruits
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              were preferred by them for their excellency before all others.
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              <s>And in
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              Joel (n) The Vine is dryed up, and the Figg-tree languiſh-
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              eth, the Pomegranate-trce, the Palm-tree alſo, and the Apple-tree,
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              even all the Trees of the field are withered; becauſe joy is wither­
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              ed away from the Sons of Men.
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              Likewiſe in
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              Haggai: (o) Is the
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              ſeed yet in the Bud? </s>
              <s>and hath as yet the Vine and the Fig-tree,
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              and the Pomegranate, and the Olive-tree brought forth
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              ? </s>
              <s>In like
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              manner in
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              Deuteronomie
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              the Land of Promiſe is commended to
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              be
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              (p) A Land of Wheat, and Barly, and Vines in which grow,
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              Figg-trees, and Pomegranates, and Olive-trees,
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              &c. </s>
              <s>And in the
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              Structure of the Temple undertaken by
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              Solomon
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              upon Divine In­
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              ſpiration the
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              (q)
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              Chapiters of the Pillars were adorned with ſeve­
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              ral rowes of Pomegranates: which particular is mentioned, not
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              in one but many places of Holy Writ. </s>
              <s>Yea and ſometimes acci­
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              dentally and occaſionally the Holy hath Ghoſt ænigmatically re­
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              preſented this moſt admirable and Moſt Wiſe Sructure of the
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              World, the Order of the Heavens, and the diſpoſure of Crea­
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              tures Spiritual and Corporeal by Emblems, Parables, and Figures,
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              leaſt they ſhould be as it were dazled and blinded, by the reful­
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              gent ſplendor of ſo excellent an Object. </s>
              <s>Hence we ſee, that in
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              theſe Doctrinal & Dubious Points we may diſcourſe in ſuch man­
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              ner by help of the Holy Scripture as is meet for the underſtanding
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              of the Prophets; which ſeeing they are very obſcure, they ſhall be
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              fully underſtood, and may be aptly applyed only then when they
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              ſhall be fulfilled, and not before: So alſo when once the true
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              Syſteme of the Univerſe is found out, then, and not till then, the
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              meaning of theſe Figures, and Ænigma's ſhall be made known
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              unto us: Thus before the coming of the Son of God had diſco­
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              vered unto us the Myſtery of the Holy Trinity, none were able
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              to comprehend or imagine what was concealed under thoſe </s>
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