25070That the Earth may be a Planet.
Another proof like unto this, is taken
from St.
he ſpeaks of the Earth ſtanding out of the
Water, and in the Water, {γῆ} συνεςῶσα;
and therefore the Earth is immoveable.
from St.
Peter, Epiſt.
2.
Cap.
3.
v.
5.
where he ſpeaks of the Earth ſtanding out of the
Water, and in the Water, {γῆ} συνεςῶσα;
and therefore the Earth is immoveable.
I anſwer:
’Tis evident that the word
here is equivalent with fuit: and the ſcope
of the Apoſtle is, to ſhew, that God made
all the Earth; both that which was above
the Water, and that which was under it.
So that from this expreſſion, to collect the
reſt and immobility of the Earth, would be
fuch an Argument as this other. Such a
Man made that part of a Mill-wheel; or a
Ship, which ſtands below the Water, and
that part which ſtands above the Water;
therefore thoſe things are immoveable.
here is equivalent with fuit: and the ſcope
of the Apoſtle is, to ſhew, that God made
all the Earth; both that which was above
the Water, and that which was under it.
So that from this expreſſion, to collect the
reſt and immobility of the Earth, would be
fuch an Argument as this other. Such a
Man made that part of a Mill-wheel; or a
Ship, which ſtands below the Water, and
that part which ſtands above the Water;
therefore thoſe things are immoveable.
To ſuch vain and idle Conſequences, does
the heat of Oppoſition drive our Adver-
ſaries.
the heat of Oppoſition drive our Adver-
ſaries.
A third Argument, ſtronger than either
of the former, they conceive may be col-
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Item 96.
10. lected from thoſe Scriptures: where ’tis ſaid, The VVorld is eſtabliſhed, that it cannot
be moved.
of the former, they conceive may be col-
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16.30.
Pſal.93.1.
Item 96.
10. lected from thoſe Scriptures: where ’tis ſaid, The VVorld is eſtabliſhed, that it cannot
be moved.
To which, I anſwer:
Theſe places ſpeak
of the World in general, and not particu-
larly of our Earth; and therefore may as
well prove the immobility of the Heavens,
they being the greateſt part of the World;
in compariſon to which, our Earth is but as
an inſenſible Point.
of the World in general, and not particu-
larly of our Earth; and therefore may as
well prove the immobility of the Heavens,
they being the greateſt part of the World;
in compariſon to which, our Earth is but as
an inſenſible Point.
If you reply, that the word in theſe pla-
ces is to be underſtood by a Synechdoche,
ces is to be underſtood by a Synechdoche,