1thoſe that I ever heard beſides, but yet nevertheleſſe I eſteem it
not true and concluding: but keeping alwayes before the eyes
of my mind a ſolid Doctrine that I have learn't from a moſt
learned and ingenuous perſon, and with which it is neceſſary to
ſit down; I know that both you being asked, Whether God, by
his infinite Power and Wiſdome might confer upon the Element
of Water the reciprocal motion which we obſerve in the ſame in
any other way, than by making the containing Veſſel to move; I
know, I ſay, that you will anſwer, that he might, and knew how
to have done the ſame many wayes, and thoſe unimaginable to
our ſhallow underſtanding: upon which I forthwith conclude,
that this being granted, it would be an extravagant boldneſſe
for any one to goe about to limit and confine the Divine
Power and Wiſdome to ſome one particular conjecture of
his own.
not true and concluding: but keeping alwayes before the eyes
of my mind a ſolid Doctrine that I have learn't from a moſt
learned and ingenuous perſon, and with which it is neceſſary to
ſit down; I know that both you being asked, Whether God, by
his infinite Power and Wiſdome might confer upon the Element
of Water the reciprocal motion which we obſerve in the ſame in
any other way, than by making the containing Veſſel to move; I
know, I ſay, that you will anſwer, that he might, and knew how
to have done the ſame many wayes, and thoſe unimaginable to
our ſhallow underſtanding: upon which I forthwith conclude,
that this being granted, it would be an extravagant boldneſſe
for any one to goe about to limit and confine the Divine
Power and Wiſdome to ſome one particular conjecture of
his own.
SALV. This of yours is admirable, and truly Angelical
ctrine, to which very exactly that other accords, in like manner
divine, which whilſt it giveth us leave to diſpute, touching the
conſtitution of the World, addeth withall (perhaps to the end,
that the exerciſe of the minds of men might neither be
raged, nor made bold) that we cannot find out the works made
by his hands. Let therefore the Diſquiſition permitted and
dain'd us by God, aſſiſt us in the knowing, and ſo much more
admiring his greatneſſe, by how much leſſe we finde our ſelves
too dull to penetrate the profound Abyſſes of his infinite
dome.
ctrine, to which very exactly that other accords, in like manner
divine, which whilſt it giveth us leave to diſpute, touching the
conſtitution of the World, addeth withall (perhaps to the end,
that the exerciſe of the minds of men might neither be
raged, nor made bold) that we cannot find out the works made
by his hands. Let therefore the Diſquiſition permitted and
dain'd us by God, aſſiſt us in the knowing, and ſo much more
admiring his greatneſſe, by how much leſſe we finde our ſelves
too dull to penetrate the profound Abyſſes of his infinite
dome.
SAGR. And this may ſerve for a final cloſe of our four dayes
Diſputations, after which, if it ſeem good to Salviatus, to take
ſome time to reſt himſelf, our curioſity muſt, of neceſſity, grant
him the ſame, yet upon condition, that when it is leſſe
dious for him, he will return and ſatisfie my deſire in particular
concerning the Problemes that remain to be diſcuſt, and that I
have ſet down to be propounded at one or two other
ces, according to our agreement: and above all, I ſhall very
impatiently wait to hear the Elements of the new Science of our
Academick about the natural and violent local Motions. And
in the mean time, we may, according to our cuſtome, ſpend an
hour in taking the Air in the Gondola that waiteth for us.
Diſputations, after which, if it ſeem good to Salviatus, to take
ſome time to reſt himſelf, our curioſity muſt, of neceſſity, grant
him the ſame, yet upon condition, that when it is leſſe
dious for him, he will return and ſatisfie my deſire in particular
concerning the Problemes that remain to be diſcuſt, and that I
have ſet down to be propounded at one or two other
ces, according to our agreement: and above all, I ſhall very
impatiently wait to hear the Elements of the new Science of our
Academick about the natural and violent local Motions. And
in the mean time, we may, according to our cuſtome, ſpend an
hour in taking the Air in the Gondola that waiteth for us.
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